Mortality Movies: Nora's Will on the Chevrah Kaddisha and funeral preparations

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 2008 Mexican drama/comedy film, Nora's Will. Jose, the divorced husband of Nora, has discovered she has died by suicide, overdosing on pills. The Chevra Kaddisha, volunteers who prepare the body in the Jewish traditional manner, come to put ice on the body and start to set up the apartment for sitting shivah. Note that this depiction of a team of men is incorrect - women do body preparation for women, men for men. Jose is also given a form to fill out about Nora to use in a eulogy for the funeral.

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: Nora's Will on the Chevrah Kaddisha and funeral preparations канала Gail Rubin