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07/22/2019

Helping Small Jewish Communities Honor Their Pasts While Planning for Their Futures

Tags: Federation, PR, Cemetery

Helping Small Jewish Communities Honor Their Pasts While Planning for Their Futures

The first mention of burial in Jewish tradition is in Vayera when Abraham buries Sarah. Through the Commission on Cemetery Preservation (COCP), a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Jewish Cleveland continues to recognize that honoring those who came before by caring for their final resting places is one of the highest mitzvot we can achieve.

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06/03/2019

Volunteer of the Month: Meet Maury Greenstein

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Cemetery, impact

Volunteer of the Month: Meet Maury Greenstein

Find out how Maury Greenstein is making an IMPACT! by volunteering.

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07/25/2018

Volunteers Needed for Annual Fall Cemetery Cleanup

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Cemetery

Volunteers Needed for Annual Fall Cemetery Cleanup

There is no greater mitzvah (good deed) than caring for those who came before us.

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08/09/2017

Volunteers Needed: Cemetery Cleanup

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Cemetery

Volunteers Needed: Cemetery Cleanup

Volunteers are needed for the Annual Fall Cemetery Cleanup hosted by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jewish Volunteer Network and the Commission on Cemetery Preservation (COCP).

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05/22/2017

Beautifying Lansing Cemetery Grounds

Tags: Federation, Volunteer, Cemetery

Beautifying Lansing Cemetery Grounds

“There is no greater mitzvah than honoring those who came before us.”

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03/03/2017

Jewish Cemeteries Need Our Support

Tags: Cemetery, Federation

Jewish Cemeteries Need Our Support

The recent vandalism of the Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia saddened communities across the country. As we band together in support of our fellow communities we are reminded that our Jewish cemeteries need support not only in times of crisis but also 365 days per year.

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09/29/2016

New Cemetery Managed by Federation

Tags: PR, Cemetery

The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has expanded its Cemetery Preservation efforts, adding Ridge Road #2 Cemetery in Brooklyn, Ohio. Ridge Road #2 becomes the seventh Jewish cemetery to be managed by the Federation’s Commission on Cemetery Preservation (COCP), which is now responsible for the upkeep of over 15,000 graves. Others include: Baxter Cemetery, Chesed Shel Emeth, Fir Street Cemetery, Harvard Cemetery, Lansing Cemetery, and Workmen’s Circle section of Lincoln Cemetery. In Jewish tradition, there is no greater mitzvah (good deed) than honoring those who came before us.

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08/10/2016

Support Cemetery Preservation Campaign

Tags: Federation, PR, Cemetery, Giving

Support Cemetery Preservation Campaign

Ed Singer has a strong emotional attachment to Lansing Cemetery, in Cleveland’s Slavic Village, as he has about 16 relatives buried there – including his parents and both sets of grandparents.

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07/27/2016

Update: Cemetery Preservation Campaign

Tags: PR, Federation, Giving, Cemetery

Update: Cemetery Preservation Campaign

In just over one year, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland has raised close to $2.8 million for its Cemetery Preservation Campaign, putting them just $700k short of a $3.5 million goal to preserve Cleveland’s older Jewish cemeteries. The Federation asks all who are interested to donate to the community-wide campaign at www.jewishcleveland.org/cemetery.

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