I went to my first Zoom funeral a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea what to expect. That phrase—“Zoom funeral”—sounds so tacky and degrading. Who would come? How would it work? What would people wear ...

Amid the quarantinis, the kids crawling over laptops, and the dog walks, we are losing sight of a picture we don’t want to see. People are still dying. Death is scary. And it happens to other people.

My beautiful and kind, brilliant and resilient father, Paul Amir, died on July 13. He was a gibor among giborim, a hero among heroes. We were so grateful that he died at home, and that we were all ...

SAN FRANCISCO: While the controversial video meet app Zoom is busy serving the living - helping millions participate in video conferencing calls worldwide - the platform has also become a live funeral ...

Morgan Flint recently attended her first live-streamed funeral. Coronavirus restrictions meant the 34-year-old from Brisbane opted to be part of the memorial for the family friend virtually. She says ...

Holding a funeral or memorial on a videoconferencing platform like Zoom offers several advantages: It’s easy for distant guests to attend, and you can record it. By Steven J. Birenbaum When my 80-year ...

An 18-month investigation led police to charge a North Jersey teen accused of interrupting a Zoom virtual memorial service for a South Brunswick High School student who died in a 2021 car crash and ...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (KABC) -- Families across the state have found themselves unable to lay their loved ones to rest with traditional funeral services because of social gathering restrictions.

One heartbreaking reality of COVID-imposed social distancing includes funerals via Zoom. First, you are not mourning alone. Physical distance does not necessarily equate to emotional distance. I have ...

I ‘attended’ my first Zoom funeral this week. No funeral is like any other, just as no life is. In some ways this one was more intense and raw, more emotionally intimate than many I have experienced ...