Letter from the Executive Director

As summer dawns, we hope for a season of profound change, in the trajectory of the pandemic and the hardships it places on many, in our country’s challenges with racial inequality, in the economy and more. Jewish Cemeteries has two Workum Interns this summer: Sam...

History of Our Cemeteries

Rabbi Marcus Crystal, Staff Scholar, Cincinnati Community Kollel CINCINNATI IN 1820 With enthusiasm and a feeling of destiny in his step, Joseph Jonas, generally considered the first permanent Jew of Cincinnati, wrote in his memoirs of his decision to travel along the...

Letter from the Executive Director

These are challenging times in which we all find ourselves. Our lives are changing moment to moment, and we don’t know what the next day will bring. A friend shared a letter from a rabbi the other day that sought to comfort by reminding us all that the certainty we...