The Legal Show Burial Rites

Attorney Sarah Kopel and writer Bennet Pomerantz discuss the subjects of the day. 

The audience should know that although Ms. Kopel is a licensed attorney, she is not offering legal advice in any capacity, is not establishing an attorney/client relationship with anyone listening to the show, and recommends that any listener of the show consult a local attorney for any legal advice they may require.

This show is about us discussing hot topics and how they relate to the law.

Tonight we discuss what happens when we pass on.  What should the rights of those left behind be versus those that are gone?  

We will discuss Irving Gottesman, a Jewish man that wished to be cremated after his death, despite the fact that he was Orthodox Jewish.  His brother had him buried immediately after his death according to Jewish law.  Irving’s girlfriend later produced papers that proved that Irving wanted to be cremated.  The Brother stated that he would have had his brother cremated had he known, but then asked that his brother’s remains be left as they were.  Girlfriend  sued to have Irving’s remains disinterred and won. The brother  intends to appeal, stating that exhuming the body would desecrate the burial grounds.

Joining us will be Rabbi Patrick Aleph Beaulier, founder of Shabbat Atlanta, an egalitarian congregation in Atlanta, Georgia and Yeshua Avraham, a born and raised Orthodox Jewish man who identifies as “Conservdox"

http://www.vosizneias.com/49723/2010/02/19/south-brunswick-nj-court-body-of-jewish-man-to-be-exhumed-cremated-to-honor-his-will/