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Collected Item: “My mother's funeral - what it's like to have someone you love die of covid-19”

Title

My mother's funeral - what it's like to have someone you love die of covid-19

URL

https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/my-mothers-funeral/

Description

This story, published in the Jewish Standard, tells the story of my mother's death of covid in a nursing home, at the height of the pandemic in New York; her funeral, and sitting shiva for her.

Creator

Joanne Palmer

Date

2020-04-23

State or Territory

New York

City or Town

Queens, Long Island, then Maplewood, NJ

Name

[private]

Your Location

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