Author & Curator |
Philippe Pierret. |
Imprint |
Brussels, Belgium, 2013. 207 pp., illustrations: 141 col., 55 b&w, 24.5 × 21.2 cm. French and English. |
Location |
Musée Juif de Belgique (24 January–30 September 2013) |
Description |
The Jewish approach to death, dying and burial. 14 essays cover: death and the World to Come, funerary customs, the first family burial vault, the Hevra Kadisha, mourning, old Jewish cemeteries in Belgium, the Saint-Gilles Cemetery, the Jewish section of the Dieweg Cemetery, the restauration of the Jewish Funerary Heritage, etc. Unnumbered listing with descriptive entries. 230 items. |
main keywords |
BELGIUM |
minor keywords |
Cemeteries, Belgium |
La Maison des Vivants. The House of the Living. בית חיים. Beth Hayim(127 words)
Cite this page
“La Maison des Vivants. The House of the Living. בית חיים. Beth Hayim”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 27 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC2107>
First published online: 2019
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