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13
JUL
2023

Genealogists preserve memories in Port Vue cemetery

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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 to painstakingly preserve the history of a Jewish cemetery in Port Vue. Between December 2021 and May, Chuck...
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15
JUN
2023

JCBA announces leadership transition

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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 Pittsburgh announced that its operation manager, Kelly Schwimer, will succeed Barry Rudel as the organization’s executive...
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03
APR
2023

The question of where to be buried

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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 and pray in community. We celebrate and mourn in community. No Jewish person is an “island unto him or herself.” Even...
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15
FEB
2023

JCBA video spotlights the cemeteries of western Pennsylvania

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“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 and seemingly ancient black-and-white photographs, Barry Rudel, executive director of the Jewish Cemetery and Burial...
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24
OCT
2022

Volunteer Day Honors Tree of Life Massacre Victims

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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 the Tree of Life Building massacre. Dozens of volunteers met at Beth Abraham Cemetery in Carrick, PA to trim ivy...
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The JCBA has many volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups who take pride in doing the ultimate Mitzva. If you are interested in volunteering on Mitzva Day, scheduling a specific day for your group or organization, interested in a community service or scout program or to attend our annual unveiling ceremonies please contact us.

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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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