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When death awakens dormant religious identity

Since my dad died I have started going to the synagogue he attended even though I married out of the faith and never cared about Judaism before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Loss can activate previously ignored aspects of our inherited spiritual identity as a way of maintaining connection with the deceased.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

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