tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post2541221324131427610..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Chessed shel EmmesRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-17786128417840162042010-06-21T15:04:55.834+03:002010-06-21T15:04:55.834+03:00bohr - I would guess that there is no Jewish cemet...bohr - I would guess that there is no Jewish cemetery in the area near where he lived, and he preferred to have her close by to be able to visit her grave rather than have to drive a couple hours to the nearest jewish cemetery. He was 78 years old or so, and maybe it was difficult for him, so he chose proximity as being more important...<br /><br />Also, perhaps with no jewish cemetery in the area, perhaps it was common for all the local Jews to be buried in non-Jewish cemeteries rather than be buried much farther away.<br /><br />Having a Jewish cemetery in the area solves the problem.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-73421611900484122732010-06-21T14:35:36.623+03:002010-06-21T14:35:36.623+03:00When he recently died, he was repaid in kind, bein...When he recently died, he was repaid in kind, being the first, with his wife's body being re-interred from a non-Jewish cemetery she had been buried in due to lack of a Jewish cemetery in the area they lived in outside of Chicago, to be buried in the new Jewish cemetery in McHenry County.<br /><br />I don't understand. Are there no Jewish Cemeteries in the States?<br />Did he have no other choice but to bury his wife in a non-jewish cemwetery?bohr salinonoreply@blogger.com