Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sometime around the July 4th weekend, 13 monuments were vandalized with swastikas in a JCA cemetery on German Hill Road (Ohr Knesseth Israel Anshe Sfard). Immediately upon learning of this, JCA acted to have monuments immediately cleaned and the graffiti removed. The... 
Apr 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
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... 
Oct 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
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. 
Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
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,... 
Mar 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
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...