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Jewish Cemetery Association Sponsors Its First Community Wide Shaimos Burial
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 3, 2022 - 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...
Steve Venick and the Biggest Mitzvah
Steve Venick (Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore) 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...
Sol Levinson, Fram Monument Open Arrangement Center in Annapolis
Two venerable Baltimore-based businesses are joining forces to make it easier for Jewish families in Anne Arundel County to honor the memory of their loved ones. Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral home in Pikesville recently opened an Annapolis arrangement center with...
Honoring Those Who Came BEFORE US
Just weeks ago, the Ohr Knesseth Israel Anshe Sfard Congregation Cemetery looked like a tornado had torn through it. At least 80 stones, possibly as many as 100, had been toppled over by vandals on Erev Yom Kippur (the date appears to be a coincidence). The stones,...
Fram Monument donates two headstones to honor Abraham Rice, the first ordained Rabbi in the United States
Last week Congregation Shearith Israel hosted a special Shabbos honoring the memory of Rabbi Avraham Yosef Rice, z”l, the first musmach to serve in the United States and founding Rav of the spiritual predecessor of Shearith Israel. This special Shabbos and the...
Steven Venick and the Jewish Cemetery Association of Greater Baltimore help maintain and operate several older cemeteries
DID YOU KNOW there is an organization devoted to watching over the gravesites of our loved ones? Formed in 1998, the Jewish Cemetery Association, an arm of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, is responsible for helping to oversee 10 area...
Fram Monument awarded bronze memorial contract through the Jewish Funeral Practices of Greater Washington
A“monumental” face-off is looming in local Jewish burial circles over who can best serve the bereaved by most economically memorializing their loved ones. On one side is a would-be newcomer to Greater Washington, Fram Monument Co. of Baltimore, which promises...