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07 Mar HFBA/CAJAC JOINT STATEMENT
HFBA/CAJAC JOINT STATEMENT The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) and the Community Alliance for Jewish-Affiliated Cemeteries (CAJAC) strongly condemn the recent shocking acts of anti-Semitism committed against Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in Missouri and Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia. These hate crimes as well as all...
11 Aug A Tisha B’Av Funeral
Erev Tisha B'Av, August 6, 2003. I am in the summer learning program at camp. It's been an amazing summer so far. As we approach the solemn day of Tisha B'Av, friends from the city and around have joined us in the camp to spend...
23 Dec Dignity And Reverence – Performing Chesed Shel Emet
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations This past Sunday, HFBA was privileged to host Rabbi Paysach Krohn at our annual Staten Island Community Breakfast. We are proud to present Rabbi Krohn's remarks here for all to see. ...
23 Dec A Mitzvah for the Dead
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations Last December, I was profiled by a Zoë Kirsch student from Columbia Journalism School. The article just popped up on my social media pages under last year's memories. I thought I would share the article here with you. by Zoë Kirsch The...
20 Nov A Day In The Life
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations A few months ago, I was profiled in Mishpacha Magazine. It was a wonderful interview and I was glad to have had the opportunity to explain to a wider audience what it is that I, and Hebrew Free Burial...
14 Jul An Excuse to Talk About Death
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations Five years ago, July 14, 2010, I wrote the post below. It's still very much relevant. An Excuse to Talk About Death I've found that talking about death is a taboo subject. People don't want to talk about it. There is no...
17 Apr We need to talk!
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations We need to talk about death. More specifically, we need to talk about your death. I know, you don't want to think about what may happen to you when you die. But by giving no thought to death now, you'll...
17 Mar Why blog about death?
by: Andrew J. Parver, Director of Operations [caption id="attachment_896" align="alignleft" width="285"] Rabbi Shmuel Plafker performing the ultimate mitzvah of Chesed Shel Emet[/caption] Back in 2008, I began blogging about my work at Hebrew Free Burial Association. Over several years I wrote 75 blog posts on a wide...
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