Rabbi Jessica Shafrin would like to start a conversation even if she knows that the topic of death isn’t one people are always eager to broach. “People don’t like to think about their life ending,” said Shafrin, 33. “Maybe they don’t want...

Hundreds of Israelis mourn at the funeral of three of the victims killed earlier in the day when two Palestinian terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem, with pistols and axes,...

Hundreds of Israelis mourn at the funeral of three of the victims killed earlier in the day when two Palestinian terrorists from east Jerusalem entered the Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, Jerusalem, with pistols and axes,...

The wife of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, and their 6-year-old sons Arieh and 3-year-old son Gabriel, mourns at the funeral of her family in jerusalem. Rabbi Sandler and his sons were killed together with 8-year-old Miriam Monsonego a few days ago when...

The sister of 8-year-old Miriam Monsonego cries at the funeral held in jerusalem on March 21, 2012. Miriam was killed a few days ago along with Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, his 6-year-old son Arieh and his 3-year-old son Gabriel when a gunman shot and...

"Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.15 at the Jewish Community Center Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, about his newly released memoir, "True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly...