Death Care DC
Queer, Jewish, community-based grief, death and end-of-life services in the DC area and online.
Queer, Jewish, community-based grief, death and end-of-life services in the DC area and online.
Hi, I'm Rae. I offer grief, end-of-life and death services from a queer, Jewish, community-focused perspective. I provide insights online, and offer in-person services in the DC Metro area.
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Posted by deathcaredc on Jan 11, 2026
Shavua tov (A good upcoming week) to you all. For this month's post, I'd like to share a drash, or a bit of Torah (similar to a sermon), that I gave at my synagogue this past Friday for shabbos:Gud shabbos.This week’s torah portion is Shemot, or Names. It is the first parashat in the Book of E... Continue reading
Posted by deathcaredc on Dec 26, 2025
Hello folks. I'm feeling low on thoughts to share this month, but full of questions. I'll share some that I've had on my mind this month, for you to ponder as they call to you too: As we emerge on the other side of the solstice, but the days stay short and cold, how do you embrace the darkness? W... Continue reading
Posted by deathcaredc on Nov 23, 2025
Note: Today we're a couple days into the hebrew month of Kislev, which houses channukah! I wrote almost all of this post during Cheshvan, and edited and finished here in Kislev. I'm still counting it as my monthly post, since it's still November, but technically there will be two posts during Kislev... Continue reading
Posted by deathcaredc on Oct 14, 2025
Hi there, it's been a while. Life, as it does, wound in different directions, taking me away from this project for a bit. It didn't take me away from interacting with death; no, that continues to be constant. But life did take me away from writing about death. What a joy and a pain that is.Every yea... Continue reading
Posted by deathcaredc on Sep 30, 2024
The Jewish high holidays are days away. Rosh Hashana begins at sunday this Wednesday, Sept. 30. For us Jewish folk, the new year starts right after that.A tradition for many Jews during the Hebrew calendar month of Elul, the month leading up to the new year, is to visit the graves of ancestors. For ... Continue reading
Posted by deathcaredc on Aug 22, 2024
Hello all! For my first post, I'm sharing a comic I put together on the creation of everything, or the torah portion of Bereshit from the book of Genesis.I received the prompt for creating this comic from a Jewish class on the comics and torah. While the passage was only a suggestion of what to use,... Continue reading