38% of American Jews believe in life after death, study finds
Unlike in some Christian denominations, where a belief in the afterlife is an organizing idea, Judaism has no single doctrine about what happens after death.
Haredi Orthodox pilgrims pray at the grave of Rabbi Naphtali Hakohen Katz, a 17th-century Kabbalist, in the Ortakoy neighborhood of Istanbul, Jan. 17, 2023. (photo credit: DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA )ByBEN SALES/JTA
