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Stephen Karol walks with the reader through challenging questions about death and mourning and elucidates traditions surrounding these most complex subjects. His poignant stories and discussions equip the reader with new perspectives and tools for understanding and approaching the reality of death and mourning through a Jewish lens. --Abby Gostein, Cantor of Temple Beth Shalom, Austin, Texas Karol sensitively combines information, personal feelings and insights pertaining to dealing with death. Mourners and those who offer comfort will learn a great deal about coping with the death of a loved one. I truly appreciate Karol's well-written, thoughtful book. --Ronald C. Bluming, Chaplain, The Renaissance Assisted Living, Atlanta, Georgia Beautifully written and timelessly poignant, Karol has written a book full of compassion and empathy on not only coping with the death of a loved one but finding meaning from it. He affirms the incalculable value of life, and the important message that our Jewish mourning rituals don't happen in a vacuum, but in the healing and comforting context of community. --Robyn Stein DeLuca, Research Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University Writing in a warm and inviting style, Karol draws on his intimate access to those confronting the death of a loved one. Weaving personal experiences and Jewish tradition, he extracts fear as readers face their own feelings about death. The book is punctuated by nuggets of insights, such as that we shouldn't worship the dead but honor them. I highly recommend this eminently readable book about the most important subjects of our lives. --Lawrence J. Epstein, author of Americans and the Birth of Israel

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Stephen A. Karol is Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Isaiah in Stony Brook, New York. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1977, and has served at Temple Beth Zion in Buffalo, New York, Congregation Sha'aray Shalom in Hingham, Massachusetts, and Temple Isaiah. He teaches at Temple Isaiah and also at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University. Rabbi Karol lives in Port Jefferson, New York, with his wife, Donna.

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