Abstract
One of the most characteristic features of Judaism and Jewish collectivity is its internal diversity. The present article, resulting from research carried out on funeral practices in contemporary Jewish communities in Barcelona, highlights this reality. The principal aims of this study are to gauge whether there are differences between communities and assess the way each one constructs its Jewish identity by delimiting who can and who cannot be buried in a Jewish cemetery. The main conclusion from the study is that the three communities differ, not so much in the execution of the funeral rituals, but in the meaning and status they grant to the Jewish law and its precepts. Keywords: funeral practices and rites, Jewish cemeteries, Jewish identity, inner diversity, law and religious precepts.
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