Tag: Kaddish

  • Who Has the Right to Ritual

    Who Has the Right to Ritual

    Who has the right to ritual, to define what is and what isn’t appropriate or appropriated, to declare themselves as a member of the tribe? Mourning the more than 33,000 Jews executed at Babi Yar isn’t the only reason I am collecting recordings of Kaddish. I am also trying to claim tradition and ritual and…

  • Prayers for Mourning

    Prayers for Mourning

    Kaddish Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for mourners. It’s said every day for eleven months after the death of a family member. After that it is repeated yearly on the anniversary of the death. It marks a completion. Its meaning is unimportant. The sound of the words, spoken in ancient Aramaic, is what is important.…