Holding a funeral or memorial on a videoconferencing platform like Zoom offers several advantages: It’s easy for distant guests to attend, and you can record it. By Steven J. Birenbaum When my 80-year ...

One heartbreaking reality of COVID-imposed social distancing includes funerals via Zoom. First, you are not mourning alone. Physical distance does not necessarily equate to emotional distance. I have ...

Amid the quarantinis, the kids crawling over laptops, and the dog walks, we are losing sight of a picture we don’t want to see. People are still dying. Death is scary. And it happens to other people.

For anyone, planning a funeral for a loved one who has passed isn't easy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, planning a funeral under shelter-in-place restrictions can make things even harder. "I had ...

Jim Cohen is a fourth-generation funeral director. His family’s Feldman Mortuary has been at the corner of East 17th Avenue and York Street in Denver since 1939, specializing in services that adhere ...

I waited outside the main office building of Beth Moses Cemetery in Long Island. It was a bright, cold day. I’d been there many times before. Normally the spot is a swirl of activity, with cars ...