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The JDOV talks no.4 - Keren David; The Barmitzvah Speech I never got to give

How do you mourn someone you never knew? This was the challenge that Keren David and her family faced when their second child, Daniel was stillborn a week before his due date in February 1998, an unexplained, mysterious death.

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Keren framed this talk as the barmitzvah speech that she never got to give for Daniel, because it was a way to reflect on the positive ways in which he changed them and the world. When Daniel died the pain was so acute that she really could not imagine how one goes on living with such a burden of grief. Camille Compton from the Jewish Baby Bereavement group gave her the inspiration to keep going. Keren's hope is that her talk will reach other parents struggling with the loss of a baby.

This talk is dedicated to Daniel Moss, to Daisy Compton and to James Valentine Peake. Never forgotten, always with us, written on our hands.

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