In recent years, a troubling number of Jewish people have opted for cremation instead of traditional burial. The statistics are staggering — increasing each decade steadily and reaching unprecedented ...

Humans have been cremating their lost loved ones since the Stone Age, but we've come a long way from the fire pits they used. Modern cremation is a surprisingly technologically advanced business, ...

A cremation ceremony in Setouchi, Japan. While many cultures cremate the dead as part of their cultural or religious practices, in B.C. the rise of cremation has come with a secularizing of ...