Cemetery Visitation
For 5772

JCAM cemeteries are open daily from 8:00 am until dusk. The cemeteries are closed every Shabbat (Saturday) but re-open again on Sunday. JCAM owned and managed cemeteries will be closed as follows for holidays:

Rosh Hashana – Closed Sept. 29 & 30, 2011
Yom Kippur – Closed Oct. 8, 2011
Sukkot – October 13 & 14, 2011
Shemini Atzeret – October 20, 2011
Simchat Torah – October 21, 2011
Pesach – April 7, 8, 13, 14, 2012
Shavuot – May 27 & 28, 2012

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New!

Schedule a "Cemeteries Are for the Living" Virtual Tour
Directly from the Classroom

Tour from the classroom!

JCAM is now offering virtual "Cemeteries Are for the Living" educational tours to synagogue youth and adult education groups directly from the classroom. While this is especially useful during the winter months, when cemetery visitation is difficult, it can be done anytime!

Learn how Jewish cemeteries were established and by whom, what makes a Jewish cemetery Jewish, why we bury sacred materials, and much more. (Physical tours will continue to take place during spring and fall.)

Here's what one teacher had to say about their "virtual" cemetery tour experience:  "Thank you for your wonderful and very informative presentation to our fifth grade. You did a professional and age appropriate presentation which we all thoroughly enjoyed. We learned a lot of very important aspects of Jewish tradition. You succeeded in de-mystifying a subject that can be intimidating for young students."

If you would like more information about all of our educational programs, please contact Lisa Berenson at 617-244-6509 or email: lisaberenson@jcam.org.

 

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Links

Photo Gallery – Cemetery Educational Tours

Jewish Cemetery Symbols Explained

Learn more about JCAM's 100+ cemeteries

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JCAM Launches Web Site
for Mystic River Jewish Community Project

Through : mysticriverjews.jcam.org, you are transported back in time to a place where life along the Mystic River towns of East Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Medford, Malden, Somerville and Winthrop was bursting with Jewish life, culture,music, and business. The JCAM Charitable Foundation brings to life the sights, sounds and stories of these early Jewish immigrant communities to educate, promote, and strengthen the ongoing work of transforming the Ohabei Shalom Chapel in East Boston into the Mystic River Jewish Community Exhibit.  (The Ohabei Shalom Chapel is located on the grounds of the first Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts, founded in 1844).

The mission of the Mystic River Jewish Community Project is to preserve the history of Jewish life in these communities. While the chapel is undergoing restoration, this Web site will serve as the repository that chronicles the story of the Mystic River Jews and will also serve as a community space for the immigrant populations who currently reside in these communities to learn how valuable lessons of the past can shape their tomorrow.

The JCAM Charitable Foundation is committed to creating a present, living connection among residents of these towns across many generations and nationalities, united by experiences in places that can create social progress and social justice in present time.

We are actively collecting information in the form of documents, photographs and oral histories that are related to these once vibrant Jewish communities. We encourage you to contribute your own materials to this project – written, visual, and aural.  Our hope is that an exciting array of material and technologies will create an ongoing engagement of people, experiences, and ideas. For more information on how to contribute please contact us at 617-244-6509.