Cemetery Committee Info Session

03 Mar @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MT. HOPE CEMETERY JEWISH SECTIONS
INFORMATION SESSION
March 3, 2024 11:30am‐12:30pm SINAI TEMPLE
Presenters: Alice Berkson and Robert Silverman, Sinai Temple Cemetery Committee
CEMETERY HISTORY, PROCEDURES, AND DOCUMENTS

  • C‐U Jewish Cemetery history
  • Sinai Temple Cemetery Committee, CUJF Chevra Kaddisha, Mt. Hope Cemetery, funeral home
    •  What each organization does and does not do
  • Logistics of purchasing burial rights (plots) including Monument Rules and Guidelines
  • Mt. Hope requirements and procedures: Transfer Agreement, Second Right of Interment

MT. HOPE MONUMENT MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION

  • Weather, grime, and safe cleaning practices
  • Restoring, repairing and resetting grave markers/monuments – photos from recent work by volunteers from the C‐U Jewish community and Illini Hillel students

No cost to attend, everyone with an interest in Mt. Hope Cemetery ‐‐ current and prospective plot owners

Local Jewish history and genealogy ‐‐ please join us and bring your questions