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Update on Ethan’s and Jewish Cemeteries Veterans Project

There has been exciting news for Ethan Zied, the Dayton area Eagle Scout who has made it his job to get a veteran’s marker at the grave of every Cincinnati Jewish veteran and ready for flag decoration going forward. On February 8, 2020, his project was awarded the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National . . . Read More

Why Is It Important to Make Pre-Arrangements As Soon As Possible?

Q & A with Bill Kahn and Ben Lefton of Weil Kahn Funeral Home Our Marketing Committee Chair, Karen Zanger, reached out to Weil Kahn Funeral Home to discuss planning. Jewish Cemeteries and Weil Kahn both encourage community members to make arrangements in advance. Here’s the interview: Q: Remind us— What are the benefits of . . . Read More

Judah Touro Cemetery

For someone who was described by one who knew him as “not a man of brilliant mind; on the contrary, he was slow, and not given to bursts of enthusiasm,” Judah Touro had quite an eventful life. In 1797 at the age of twenty-two, he went on a voyage from his home in Boston to . . . Read More

Our Newest Guardians: Karen and Stuart Zanger

In the afternoon hours of New Year’s Eve 2019, my husband Stuart and I made a decision that felt like a satisfying way to start to 2020. We made the commitment to support Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati beyond the length of our own lives, through a pledge to Create Your Jewish Legacy. It was . . . Read More

Letter from the Executive Director

As summer rolled into fall and passed the Jewish High Holy Days, JCGC has been hard at work! We hosted our final lecture in our quarterly series, welcomed visitors and congregation groups during the holidays, and marked veterans’ graves in the Montgomery Cemetery. We’ve also been doing extensive work on the Kneseth Israel Cemetery, with . . . Read More

JCGC Strategic Planning Project

It stands to reason that without known goals and clear strategies to reach them, there is little chance for an organization to achieve success. In 2019 Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati (JCGC) worked to assure that it has a plan to sustain its demonstrated success and build on that success into the future. Since April, . . . Read More

Letter From the Executive Director

Summer is upon us! The mix of unprecedented rain followed by hot days has made it more challenging than usual to maintain the grass, shrubs, and hedges in the cemeteries. We’re working as quickly as possible to keep up with the growth and other maintenance, while planning for upcoming projects and events. We’ll have a . . . Read More

Outside Cincinnati…

Reprinted courtesy of Jewish Community Legacy Project: http://jclproject.org/jewish-community-legacy-project-jclp.html A Laudable Mitzvah The first mention of burial in Jewish tradition is in Vayeira 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 . . . Read More

Carol and Larry Neuman Honored by JCGC at Voices of Giving

Among the many inspiring individuals honored at this year’s Voices of Giving event were Carol and Larry Neuman. The annual event of the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council honors legacy donors to organizations throughout Greater Cincinnati and was held at CET on June 12th. Carol and Larry Neuman have been involved with Jewish Cemeteries of . . . Read More

Maintenance and Capital Projects in the Cemeteries

In addition to general maintenance work, JCGC has several projects underway at the cemeteries. A full update on these projects will be posted to the website in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the most noticeable work is occurring in the Montgomery/Ivy Gate Cemetery, where there is extensive excavating and grading being done to resolve . . . Read More

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