{"id":7033,"date":"2015-03-10T00:27:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T06:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2015-03-10T00:27:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T06:27:30","slug":"shiva-concluded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/10\/shiva-concluded\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiva Concluded"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I understand it — which I admit is probably not very well — the Jewish tradition of “sitting shiva<\/em>” requires the family of a deceased person to formally grieve for a period of seven days following the burial, during which time friends visit to express condolences, offer support, and share stories and memories of the deceased. If you didn’t know, the late Leonard Nimoy was a Jew, and thinking back over last week’s outpouring of reminiscences and good feelings for him, I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that it was as if the entire Internet was observing shiva<\/em>. I’ve been very impressed and moved by the volume of good will directed toward this man, and frankly, I’m proud<\/em> to have played a small part in a pretty huge and amazing thing, this online display of shiva<\/em>. I only hope that Leonard’s actual family was aware of what was going on, and that the stories and love of Leonard’s “fan family” helped ease their pain at his loss.<\/p>\n

I’d like to share a few links to things that caught my attention last week, things I found especially interesting, moving, funny, or just plain cool<\/em>:<\/p>\n