Caring for Baltimore's Jewish Cemeteries

“It is not your responsibility to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.”—Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) The Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore recently embarked on what you might call “a monumental mitzvah“: to catalog and index all of the Jewish cemeteries and graves in the area for its digital database. The goal is to...

Baltimore, MD – Today, in conjunction with Good Deeds Day, the Jewish Cemetery Association sponsored its first community wide Shaimos burial (Old Jewish books, pages, etc.).  The event took place at the Bowleys Lane Cemetery, in Rosedale, MD.  Many local shuls delivered numerous items accumulated over the years and the JCA was proud to be involved in ensuring...

Steve Venick, the president of the Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore, first got involved in taking care of Jewish cemeteries at a young age, with the blessing and encouragement of his father.

On the Fourth of July this year, while most Baltimoreans were barbecuing with their families, vacationing at the beach or watching fireworks, Deborah R. Weiner, Eric L. Goldstein and Dianne Weiner Feldman were touring the German Hill Road Jewish Cemeteries in Dundalk. When the trio approached the entranceway, they were taken aback when they saw swastikas...