Rabbi Sandra Cohen

Rabbi Sandra Cohen (she/her/hers) works in mental health outreach in religious communities across North America, as well as teaching rabbinic texts in a variety of contexts from her home in Denver. She can be found at rabbisandracohen.org.

Why Doesn’t the Mourner’s Kaddish Mention the Dead?

Rabbi Sandra Cohen

Why doesn’t the Mourner’s Kaddish mention the dead? We say Kaddish at gravesides and on yahrzeits (anniversaries of death), and yet it does not speak words of comfort to those of us who are mourning.

Blond mother looking down as she tries to soothe a crying baby she holds in her arms

Crying with My Baby: Opening Up about Post-Partum Depression

Rabbi Sandra Cohen

February 15, 2017

Somehow, I was able to switch my functioning self on and off, smiling and rabbinic at work but in howling despair at home. Finally, my OB/Gyn diagnosed me with postpartum depression.

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Why Doesn’t the Mourner’s Kaddish Mention the Dead?

Crying with My Baby: Opening Up about Post-Partum Depression

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