Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association
The Marks Family Cemetery contained within the Shaare Zedeck Cemetery in Carrick (Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish Archives)
August 18, 2023, 7:35 am
Underground history
The large cemetery complex is Carrick is a miniature Hill District, containing fragments of many of the stories that once animated those city streets.
By Eric Lidji
Kelly Schwimer (Photo courtesy of the JCBA)
June 15, 2023, 3:39 pm
JCBA announces leadership transition
Kelly Schwimer, will succeed Barry Rudel as the organization’s executive director upon Rudel’s retirement in December.
By Toby Tabachnick
Agudath Achim Cemetery in Beaver Falls (Photo provided by Barry Rudel)
March 30, 2023, 8:46 am
The question of where to be buried
Even in our final resting place, we should be together as a family, as a community.
By Rabbi Eli Seidman and Barry Rudel
Kelly Schwimer (Photo courtesy of Kelly Schwimer)
August 24, 2022, 3:06 pm
Kelly Schwimer joins staff of JCBA
Former Chronicle sales director named operations manager of JCBA
By Toby Tabachnick
(Image courtesy of JCBA)
April 19, 2022, 11:00 am
Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association continues to expand reach
JCBA's board recently approved funds for work at the circa-1873 cemetery for Tree of Life Congregation in Sharpsburg.
By Justin Vellucci
A 2017 unveiling at Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery (Photo by Jonathan Schachter)
October 5, 2020, 12:53 pm
Free burials and unveilings help mourners who can’t afford to pay
An unveiling of headstones will be held Oct. 18 for all those buried at Chesed Shel Emeth since the 2019 High Holidays.
By Justin Vellucci
Achavas Achim Cemetery in White Oak Photo provided by Mark Pudlowski
October 5, 2020, 11:39 am
JCBA assumes care of cemeteries tended to by good Samaritans
Pittsburgh's Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association recently has assumed responsibility for several area cemeteries. In some cases, non-Jews had been caring for them.
By Justin Vellucci
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