WE regret to record the death of Dr. Moses Gaster, the distinguished Jewish scholar, historian, and folk-lorist, formerly Chief Rabbi, which took place suddenly on March 5 at the age of eighty-two ...

James is a freelance media writer who took a BA in Philosophy and graduated Southampton with more questions then answers. For his Masters, he pivoted to Creative Writing instead. Of course, the whole ...

Dr. Moses Gaster, retired chief rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Britain and a famous scholar, died last night at the age of 82. Born in Rumania, Hacham Gaster was expelled from his native land in ...

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New Clutch is in the works and drummer Jean-Paul Gaster has a pretty solid grip on how it'll all play out. According to Gaster in an interview with El Expreso Del Rock, Clutch has about nine songs in ...

When it comes time for us to make decisions about death, most of us – except for Gen Zers – want to be cremated rather than buried, a recent survey of U.S. adults shows. Members of the Gen Z ...

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Water is getting punk-rock edit, thanks one viral brand. While some may argue that the market is, ahem, oversaturated, Liquid Death manages to stand out. The metal (in material and aesthetic) cans of ...

As a death doula, Alua Arthur helps people to plan for the end of life and, when the time comes, to let go. She says that while we're conditioned to fear death, thinking and talking about it is ...

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