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DAV Centennial Salutes Founder, Cincinnati Judge Robert S. Marx

This year is the Centennial of the founding of DAV (Disabled American Veterans), the revered advocacy and service organization for America’s injured veterans. On September 8, 2020, representatives from DAV National Headquarters in Cold Spring and members of the DAV Department of Ohio honored the organization’s extraordinary founder, Cincinnati Judge Robert S. Marx, himself a . . . Read More

Honoring the Coleman Family at Voice of Giving

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati honored Fran and Craig Coleman and Craig’s parents, Malcolm and Adell Coleman (of blessed memory) for their legacy commitments and enduring support. Every year, Jewish Cemeteries honors one or two or our Guardians at the annual Voices of Giving event, hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council. The event . . . Read More

Jewish Cemeteries’ Plans for Chestnut Street Cemetery and 200th Anniversary

By Karen Zanger A driver on Central Avenue just west of downtown could be forgiven for missing the isolated little cemetery at the corner of Chestnut Street. Its vine-covered brick walls, two streetside trees and tall chain link fence make it blend into the industrial and urban redevelopment scene. A pedestrian on the sidewalk might . . . Read More

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 Ruskin and Brooke Goldwasser. Their summer project includes helping to . . . Read More

Standing Upright: Honoring our ancestors by repairing monuments

All of nature is springing back to life in every shade of green, pink, white and yellow, so it may be a stretch to grasp that this is also the beginning of monument repair season for Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. And twelve years into the existence of this area’s unique, unified Jewish cemetery organization, . . . Read More

Marking Veterans’ Graves before Memorial Day 2020

U.S. Veteran medallions that now proudly mark the graves of every veteran in two of Cincinnati’s largest Jewish cemeteries, Montgomery’s United Jewish Cemetery and the Walnut Hills Cemetery, were further transformed on Sunday, May 17 with the addition of over 1000 new American flags. Dayton Scout Ethan Zied teamed up with Jewish Cemeteries of Greater . . . Read More

The Hebrew Free Burial Association Continued its Mission During the Pandemic

What has it been like to do the work of Jewish burial in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic? Through a professional acquaintance of David Harris, JCGC Executive Director, we took the opportunity to find out from someone who knows firsthand. Andrew Parver spared us a few precious phone minutes at home on a . . . Read More

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 Ohio River: “The fiat had gone forth, that a new resting place for . . . Read More

Wilbur and Miriam Cohen Legacy

In the last months, we’ve lost many community members, with many leaders and supporters among them. Two friends of Jewish Cemeteries who passed recently are brothers Phil and Wilbur Cohen. We mourn their loss, among the many other souls. Wilbur and his spouse Miriam are Guardians, members of our Jewish Cemeteries Legacy society, who have . . . Read More

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 thought we had a week . . . Read More
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    An episode of 'World's Greatest Cemeteries' filmed last summer is part of the second season available on PBS app Feb. 19.
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    Cincinnati's Jewish Cemeteries to be Highlighted in Episode of PBS' World's Greatest Cemeteries

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    The episode will be free online for two months, and CET will air it once at 3 p.m. on April 16.
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