What it’s like to officiate a funeral in the time of social distancing
On the eve of Yom Hashoah, I was the only non-cemetery employee present for the burial of a most incredible woman, someone who witnessed the Kristallnacht as a young teen in Vienna.
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery marks the memory of and honors the deceased.(photo credit: GETTY IMAGES)ByRABBI JONAH GEFFEN/JTA