What Comes Next?: Jews & The Afterlife

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The End As Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death
Length: 18:04

When it comes to life after death, you get 5 Jews... you get 50 opinions. Read the full description.

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Playing: What Comes Next?: Jews & The Afterlife
From: Rebecca Sheir

Afterlife_small Little material exists on "the world to come," or Olam Ha-Ba, as it's known in Hebrew, in the Torah. In this sound-rich third part of "The End as Beginning: An MFA Thesis on the Jewish View of Death" (completed for the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program in May 2006), personal essay meets radio documentary meets audio experimentation, as we explore how various Jewish traditions examine, explain, and argue about life and life everlasting...

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Piece Description

Little material exists on "the world to come," or Olam Ha-Ba, as it's known in Hebrew, in the Torah. In this sound-rich third part of "The End as Beginning: An MFA Thesis on the Jewish View of Death" (completed for the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program in May 2006), personal essay meets radio documentary meets audio experimentation, as we explore how various Jewish traditions examine, explain, and argue about life and life everlasting...