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Legacy Donors and JCGC Board Member Honored at Federation’s Sustainers’ Event

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati hosted the annual Sustainers’ Event on June 12th, honoring all of Cincinnati’s Jewish community legacy donors. Create Your Jewish Legacy started almost 3 years ago and JCGC has now secured over 50 commitments, in addition to several commitments from donors at the time of JCGC’s founding. These gifts, which will . . . Read More

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Dedicates New Cemetery in Loveland

CONTACT: David Harris, Executive Director, Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati 513-961-0178 dharris@jcemcin.org (June 5, 2017 – – Cincinnati, OH) Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati (“JCGC”) is pleased to announce that it held a ceremony to dedicate its new 23 acre cemetery in Loveland on Sunday, June 4th. Josh Shapiro, Board president of JCGC, served as . . . Read More

Sarit Benzaquen’s Essay Wins Prize at JCGC’s Loveland Cemetery Dedication

JCGC asked high school students to participate in the dedication of its new community cemetery by submitting a paper on the importance of cemeteries in Judaism and was especially pleased to receive the following essay from Sarit Benzaquen, a tenth grader at Atara High School. It captures one of the central values in Jewish tradition, . . . Read More

Jewish Congregations Consider Coordinating Management of Cemeteries

On June 8th, David Hoguet and David Harris met with representatives of the Columbus Jewish community’s cemeteries interested in using JCGC as a model for their own community cemetery needs. JCGC’s has been a great success, which meets a vital community need and ensures sustainability for all of the Jewish cemeteries that merged to form . . . Read More

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Dedicates New Cemetery in Loveland

CONTACT: David Harris, Executive Director, Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati 513-961-0178 dharris@jcemcin.org (June 5, 2017 – – Cincinnati, OH) Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati (“JCGC”) is pleased to announce that it held a ceremony to dedicate its new 23 acre cemetery in Loveland on Sunday, June 4th. Josh Shapiro, Board president of JCGC, served as . . . Read More

Sarit Benzaquen’s Essay Wins Prize at JCGC’s Loveland Cemetery Dedication

JCGC asked high school students to participate in the dedication of its new community cemetery by submitting a paper on the importance of cemeteries in Judaism and was especially pleased to receive the following essay from Sarit Benzaquen, a tenth grader at Atara High School. It captures one of the central values in Jewish tradition, . . . Read More

Judge Robert S. Kraft Memorial Service Honoring the Memory of Soldiers Lost During Wartime Duty

Cincinnati, Ohio (12 May/16) — On Sunday, 28 May/2017, 10:30 A.M, B’nai B’rith will hold their annual Memorial Service at the Robert S. Kraft Memorial Garden in the Covedale Cemetery (Sidney Road near Anderson Ferry). This unique Memorial Service is held in memory of the servicemen of the Jewish faith from the Greater Cincinnati area, . . . Read More

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Outlines Security Measures

March 10, 2017 In response to the recent vandalism in Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis, Philadelphia and Rochester, JCGC is working with the police and SAFE Cincinnati and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), both a part of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, to take preventative measures to maintain safety in our cemeteries and to . . . Read More

How to Update Geneaology on JCGC’s Website

JCGC is pleased to provide access to 35,000 burial records through the genealogy section of its website. Almost all of our records include a photo of the memorial. We also have a select number of obituaries on our data base and plan to add more periodically. It is easy to use the search functions of . . . Read More

Thank You to JCGC’s “Create Your Jewish Legacy” Donors

JCGC is one of 12 local Jewish organizations participating in the first cohort of the Create Your Jewish Legacy Program. To date, JCGC has received 40 legacy gifts under CYJL and also has earned $15,000 from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati for outstanding participation in the program during 2015. More . . . Read More
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