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JUL
2023

Genealogists preserve memories in Port Vue cemetery

Without this work, the people buried there would have been “lost to time” Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By ADAM REINHERZ July 10, 2023 Burial markers at Kesher Israel Cemetery. Photo by Chuck Fuller The quest to prevent erasure prompted two genealogists...
15
JUN
2023

JCBA announces leadership transition

Kelly Schwimer, will succeed Barry Rudel as the organization’s executive director upon Rudel’s retirement in December. Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By TOBY TABACHNICK June 15, 2023 The Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater...
03
APR
2023

The question of where to be buried

Even in our final resting place, we should be together as a family, as a community. Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By RABBI ELI SEIDMAN and BARRY RUDEL March 30, 2023 Why do we choose to be buried in Jewish cemeteries? In a word: tradition. We live...
15
FEB
2023

JCBA video spotlights the cemeteries of western Pennsylvania

“In three short years, we’ve addressed decades of deferred maintenance. This is a tremendous success for Jewish Pittsburgh — the cemeteries have never looked better.” Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By JUSTIN VELLUCCI February 14, 2023 Over a montage of tombstones...
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OCT
2022

Volunteer Day Honors Tree of Life Massacre Victims

On Sunday, October 23, 2022, the JCBA hosted, in collaboration with the 10.27 Healing Partnership, Repair the World, and the Simon Family, a cemetery cleanup in memory of Bernice and Sylvan Simon, z”l, and to honor those who died and were injured on October 27, 2018 in...
12
SEP
2022

Kelly Schwimer joins staff of JCBA

Former Chronicle sales director named operations manager of JCBA Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By TOBY TABACHNICK August 24, 2022 Kelly Schwimer has joined the staff of the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh as its...
09
AUG
2022

Jonathan Schachter, JCBA stalwart, dies unexpectedly

“You don’t put up a billboard; you just do the job.” Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By JUSTIN VELLUCCI August 8, 2022 Jonathan Schachter, who served the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater Pittsburgh non-concurrently as a volunteer, president and...
19
JUL
2022

JCBA Assists With Repairs

Barry Rudel, JCBA Executive Director, presents a check to Joe Sporer, Manager of Sugarcreek Borough, towards the repair of two stone pillars at the entrance to Mt Zion cemetery in Franklin, PA.
19
APR
2022

Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association continues to expand reach (via Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle)

JCBA’s board recently approved funds for work at the circa-1873 cemetery for Tree of Life Congregation in Sharpsburg. Published by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle By JUSTIN VELLUCCI April 19, 2022 The Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association of Greater...
10
FEB
2022

JCBA Participates with the 10.27 Healing Partnership and Repair the World  

A group of volunteers joined with the Simon Family as part of Commemoration 2021 to help with our ongoing efforts at beautification at Beth Abraham Cemetery in Carrick. The main road was cleared of accumulated leaves and debris, and moss was scraped from steps and walkways. We...
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Thanks to Our Community Partners

Special thanks to Ralph Schugar Chapel for so generously providing for JCBA funerals and to Urbach Memorials for providing headstones for our burials. Thank you also to Robert Garvin, Esq. for his legal help and to The Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinical Association.

JCBA’s expanded vision is made possible by a generous grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s  Jewish Community Foundation.

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