In recent years, greater concern for the environmental consequences of human practices has lead a small but increasing number of people in the UK to opt for ‘natural burials’. Natural burials generally take place in woodland, either directly into the ground or in a biodegradable coffin. No gravestone is used, but a tree, plant or small plaque may be used to mark the burial site. As part of its efforts to explore neglected issues in the British Jewish community, New Jewish Thought has commissioned a number of pieces, from across the Jewish communal spectrum and beyond, discussing whether it would be possible or desirable to institute natural burials in the UK Jewish community.
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