The Italian language daily L’Indro has an article, which according to Google Translation, is headlined, The Shroud and uses Jewish funeral.
You get the idea. It begins:
The Shroud of Turin is a relic certainly unique: because in general, understandably, tend to focus primarily on the image that is imprinted, we will try here to give an account of a lesser known aspect, that of the intrinsic characteristics of the Cloth in the uses Jewish funeral.
You get the idea. Here is a LINK to a Googlized Translation into English of this very interesting article.
Shroud of Turin Blog 