Mortality Movies: The Cemetery Club on hand washing after the funeral

Mortality Movies is a 30-minute program with a panel of experts discussing topics such as funerals, grief, and related end-of-life topics. During each episode, several film clips are shown related to that episode’s topic. The expert panel discusses the film clips and share information that can help audiences understand end-of-life issues and plan for our 100% guaranteed mortality. Host @GailRubinleads the discussions.

This clip comes from the 1993 film, The Cemetery Club. Three Jewish widows, lifelong friends, meet weekly. This scene shows a woman placing earth on the grave with her hands. After a funeral, before entering the house of mourning, everyone washes their hands with a pitcher of water at the front door. Sometimes, the pitcher is provided at the cemetery as people leave the grave. This is both for practical and ritual reasons.

This clip will be discussed in an upcoming Mortality Movies episode on Jewish funeral, burial and mourning traditions. To learn more about Jewish funeral traditions, watch this talk by Gail Rubin: https://youtu.be/E-UOilfKvKc.

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Видео Mortality Movies: The Cemetery Club on hand washing after the funeral канала Gail Rubin