Monday, August 29, 2005

How conservative Jews deal with assimilation in death....

Jerusalem Post reports about a growing issue amon the conservative Jews: Assimilation. The article doesn't get into what they do about it so much as how to bury the intermarried couples.

Here is what the solution was:
The Cemeteries was separate from other Jewish burial grounds on the property, using greenery, trees, shrubs and a large entrance gate to cut it off from the main area. There are 42 plots in three rows of 14 each, enough to last the community for quite some time.

The odd-numbered gravesites were reserved for Jewish members of the synagogue, while the even-numbered ones for non-Jews. Between each of the rows was a steel post laid into a cement block. A small, stainless-steel link chain was inserted between each post, creating an 18-inch high barrier.

That's not too high to impede visitors wishing to pay their respects to the deceased couple, but does create the necessary barrier required by Jewish law, Sandomirsky said. To the judge in him, it appeared to be a fair and appropriate solution.


Alrighty then...

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