When a loved one passes away many will go to a funeral but as a Kohen I’m restricted from attending most funerals (that contain a body). A Kohen is considered a direct descendant of Aaron and as such has priestly duties that contact with most of those that have passed away would interfere with by making us “impure”. We also aren’t supposed to marry a divorcee or a convert but that is a different story. This is a Torah/Bible law and therefore there isn’t much wiggle room except for the immediate family. I believe that the wiggle room they have allowed permits you to attend the funeral of non-Jews but this is wiggle room I have decided not to accept. Truth be told in the past I have attended funerals of others that contain bodies but this doesn’t give me permission to continue to make such a mistake and to be perfectly honest this is one restriction I gladly accept.