This First Person column is written by Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
On Passover, I stood at my synagogue with fellow congregants to participate in the Yizkor service. Yizkor is a Hebrew word that means, “may [God] remember.” It’s a prayer service we recite four times a year in memory of departed loved ones.
I’ve been attending Yizkor services since my father died in 2013 and my mother in 2014. In the years since then, I’ve mostly tried and failed to conjure up a son’s grief
