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JCGC Sponsors Israeli Film Festival to Thank its Guardians

Guardians are CYJL Legacy donors who have committed a gift to support JCGC for future generations. JCGC wanted to show its gratitude– in person– to our living generations of Guardians. In honor of our generous Legacy donors, on 2/7, JCGC sponsored two, back-to-back films from the recent Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival. The . . . Read More

Cemeteries as Classrooms: Learning About Death as a Family

Sara M. Zober Anyone who has been near children for any amount of time knows that they ask a lot of questions. So when my grandmother (their great-grandmother) died this summer, I was not surprised that my three children, aged 9, 7 and 5, peppered me with questions. I sat the kids down and answered . . . Read More

Letter from the Executive Director

As spring approaches, the staff at JCGC is busy preparing for the inevitable clean-up required after the winter, especially a winter as hard as this one has been! A few weeks ago, on a very cold day, after a funeral, I asked one of our most veteran team members, James, what he liked about this . . . Read More

Volunteers Take On Fall Cemetery Cleanup

Fall gardening tasks often go undone if winter arrives ahead of one’s motivation to turn off the football game. But for a hardy group of Rockdale Temple volunteers just before Thanksgiving, commitment to a JCGC cemetery clean up won out over gusty winds and a predicted high temperature in the ’20’s. The sun even came . . . Read More

The Jewish New Year

The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and the other High Holy Days, are now behind us. May we each have a fulfilling and inspiring year! JCGC hosted several services in our cemeteries during the holiday season, a traditional time for visiting the graves of loved ones. Our maintenance staff, headed by foreman Ronnie King, always . . . Read More

Cemetery Security Update

Thank G-d, while there has been some anti-Semitic vandalism in Jewish cemeteries elsewhere in the country, Cincinnati has not had any known incidents. The horrible events of this past year in St. Louis and some other communities in North America did not spur a wave of such incidents, as many of us feared it would. . . . Read More

Jewish Community Legacy Project

While driving through an American small town, who hasn’t glimpsed a building with faded Hebrew inscriptions or signage that clearly was once a synagogue? There’s the pleasure of recognition, and then the sad thought, “Jews lived here, but I guess not anymore.” Or maybe you are a Jew from one of these small towns. You . . . Read More

Sandy Kaltman: A 2017 Woman of the Year

Our Own Jewish Community “Career” Volunteer Sandra P. Kaltman of Amberley Village is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and works to improve the human condition through both her professional and volunteer life. At Rockwern Academy she ran a nationally recognized and replicated program known as Dor L’Dor, Generation to Generation, that brings senior citizens . . . Read More

Letter from the Executive Director

Greetings! In my first newsletter as Executive Director of JCGC, I’d like to, again, acknowledge how honored I feel to fill this role in our community. I have long had an interest in Jewish cemeteries, their preservation, genealogy, our customs for burial and mourning, and the mitzvah of K’vod Ha’met, to care for the deceased. . . . Read More

David Hoguet, JCGC’s First Executive Director, Retires

In 2008, David Hoguet agreed to serve as an interim director of the newly formed Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. Almost nine years later, Mr. Hoguet retired. David was originally from the New York area, before moving to Cincinnati. He is married to Karen (nee Meisel) Hoguet. He is a graduate of the University of . . . Read More

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