November 03, 1995 • Page Image 143
…Filling My Mothers Grave C41 A mitzvah helps confront denial. ARLENE EHRLICH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS t's the sound of it," they told me. "It's that hollow thud- thud-thud that tears your heart." "It's the sight of it," they told me. `The image will haunt you for the rest of your life." "It's the thought of it," they told me. "So barbaric. It will drive you crazy." "It" was k'vura. Filling my mother's grave. Covering her coffin with eart...…

































