--- dan.strassberg@att.net wrote: > A WAKE? He was Jewish--unless he converted, which he > could have. His second > wife wasn't Jewsih. I knew he was Jewish, but I didn't know the proper term for "visiting hours"-- "sitting shiva"? The way it was described was "you can pay your respects to Jerry at..." I was taking the chance that the term "wake" may also be used by Jews, but I guess not...