• Advice

    Posted on September 4th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Weird Clergy in Hospice

    Dear Judy
    I don’t know what you can do about this: our sister is in hospice care. She is really religious (Roman Catholic) which we aren’t — by which I mean my brother and me.
    Recently she had to go to the in-patient unit where they tried to stabilize her pain, which is bad. She kept getting [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on April 9th, 2009

    Written by Judy

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    Is Cremation Anti-Jewish?

    Dear Judy,
    My family is Jewish, observant some years but not others (don’t ask. This year, no Seder. Last year we had one). I am 18 years old. My grandmother is dying: she has Alzheimer’s, but also other things are badly wrong with her. My parents think she doesn’t have much time left and they are quarreling [...]

  • Advice

    Posted on June 25th, 2008

    Written by Judy

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    Will Cremation Cause a Rift in My Family?

    Dear Judy,
    I’d say I have maybe half a year to live, maybe less (malignant glioma, just like Ted Kennedy’s), and I’m making all the usual preparations. But I am also sick with worry of the effect of my plans on my daughter who is now 19 and in college.
    My husband and I always planned to [...]