title: Wrestling with the Angel: Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning
author: Jack Riemer
description: The first part of this sequel to <i>Jewish Reflections on Death</i>, also edited by Riemer, is composed of essays in which contributors try to show how the resources of the Jewish tradition can be of help through the end of life and provide healing for those who mourn. Part two presents writings that show that after all the answers, questions still remain. Some of the essays provide information about the Jewish way in death and dying and explain some of the main rituals and traditions, but most of them are testimonies. The book focuses on three issues: whether it is permissable to hasten the process of dying, what is meant by afterlife and what can be hoped for after this life is done, and what Riemer calls "the determination of this generation to take back our lives and our deaths from the hands of the experts and the professionals." Contributors range across a broad spectrum from orthodox to reform. <i>George Cohen</i>
zlib_text: WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL
  Literary Writings and
  Reflections on Death, Dying
  and Bereavement
  Kent L. Koppelman
  Death, Value, and Meaning Series
  Series Editor: Dale A. Lund
  Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
  AMITYVILLE, NEW YORK
  
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  ISBN: 978-0-89503-392-5
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  Koppelman, Kent L.
  Wrestling with the angel : literary writings and reflections on death, dying