JCAM Preparing 25th Anniversary
Cemeteries History & Guidebook
You can help support JCAM's 25 years of dedication and commitment to the Jewish cemetery community by contributing to our new guidebook: History & Guide: Massachusetts Jewish Cemeteries. Orders are now being accepted for "line listings" and for display ads in our "In Loving Memory" or "Well Wishes" sections. You can build your order right here online, then print the form to mail with your check. This 25th anniversary edition will bring a new educational dimension including cemetery histories, facts and directions to all Massachusetts Jewish cemeteries. The guidebook is expected to be ready for the Elul cemetery visitation season in summer, 2008.
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Ohabei Shalom Chapel
Restoration Proceeds
 As part of the Mystic River Jewish Community Project, the JCAM Charitable Foundation's planned restoration of the oldest surviving Jewish chapel in Massachusetts is proceeding.
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"Cemeteries Are For The Living"
Education Tours Increasingly Popular
Our “Cemeteries Are For The Living” educational  program has proven to be a great success. Now entering its second year, cemetery education tours are fast becoming a scheduled yearly program activity with many synagogue and community groups.
Take advantage of this unique educational experience for youth groups and adults. We'll develop a program specific to your group needs.
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First Jewish Cemetery in MA
On National Register
At the June 11 meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Ohabei Shalom Cemetery – Boston’s first Jewish cemetery (1844) – received approval to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of historic properties worthy of preservation and the acknowledgment of our nation’s heritage..
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JCAM Aims To Start
Building
Beit Olam Expansion
This Spring
JCAM’s newest endeavor is the 9-acre expansion of the existing Beit Olam Cemetery in Wayland, Massachusetts that was established in 1999. The permitting process with the Town of Wayland is nearly complete, and JCAM expects to begin construction in the late spring.
For the past year JCAM has undertaken an extensive outreach campaign to secure the land that will provide for an additional 7,000 sites for the growing Metrowest Jewish community.
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JCAM Creates New
Consulting Division
Major cites in the US look to the Jewish  Cemetery Association of Massachusetts as a communal cemetery management model. JCAM has set up an official division to offer consulting on: cemetery by-laws, merger and acquisition policies, new cemetery expansion campaigns, landscape architecture, perpetual care fund management, computerized record keeping, soil management and restoration techniques.
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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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Stained Glass at Ohabei Shalom Chapel in East Boston
