This year's Annual Memorial Service will be on
Sunday, September 17 at 12:30 pm
Rain or shine
No street parking - parking is available diagonally across the street at Plaza I (NOT AT PROGRESSIVE GARDEN CENTER)
Volunteers are needed on Sunday, November 5 at 12 noon to put out flags for our veterans.
Sunday, September 17 at 12:30 pm
Rain or shine
No street parking - parking is available diagonally across the street at Plaza I (NOT AT PROGRESSIVE GARDEN CENTER)
Volunteers are needed on Sunday, November 5 at 12 noon to put out flags for our veterans.
_ Beth Israel Cemetery Association
Originally incorporated in 1903, our cemetery was known as the Morristown Hebrew Cemetery Association until 1927 when the name was changed to Beth Israel Cemetery Association. It has always been governed by a ten-member volunteer Board of Trustees. In 1927 those Trustees were elected by the Morristown Lodge of Independent Order Brith Abraham #375 (IOBA 375) and by the House of Israel. An Associate Trusteeship was established for women to serve. The women took charge of charity work such as raising money “for erecting headstones for the non-affording”. Women could attend meetings, express opinions, but not vote.
Times have changed but the cemetery is still run by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Now the Board is made up of representatives from the Morristown Jewish Center–Beit Yisrael and Temple B’nai Or of Morristown. The cemetery also serves Congregation B’nai Israel of Basking Ridge. Women can and do serve on the Board as voting members. Now as in the past, the mission of the Beth Israel Cemetery Association is to serve those members of our congregations in their time of need. As of 2016, the Board determined that due to limited space, no non-members will be able to purchase plots and we will be unable to bury books.
The ten-acre cemetery, located on Ridgedale Avenue, is divided into three sections; Old, New and Southern. The Old Section was begun in 1903. It has standing monuments and raised markers. The New Section was begun as a memorial park in the 1960s with markers that were flush to the ground. Beginning in 2006, upright monuments have been allowed in the New Section. The Southern Section is separated from the main area by the driveway and is used for burials of families of mixed faith. Because of limited space, plots are now only available to congregants of our members synagogues: Congregation B'nai Israel in Basking Ridge, Morristown Jewish Center-Beit Yisrael and Temple B'nai Or in Morristown.
The cemetery is closed on the Sabbath (every Saturday) and Jewish holidays. To see if today is a holiday, please use this link:
http://www.isitajewishholidaytoday.com
Beth Israel Cemetery
Ridgedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls, NJ
Contact us at:
info@bethisraelcemetery.com
or contact Mr. Ronald Axelrod
President of the Board of Trustees
PHONE: (973) 538-4606
FAX: (908) 879-4606
EMAIL: rja4606@yahoo.com
Originally incorporated in 1903, our cemetery was known as the Morristown Hebrew Cemetery Association until 1927 when the name was changed to Beth Israel Cemetery Association. It has always been governed by a ten-member volunteer Board of Trustees. In 1927 those Trustees were elected by the Morristown Lodge of Independent Order Brith Abraham #375 (IOBA 375) and by the House of Israel. An Associate Trusteeship was established for women to serve. The women took charge of charity work such as raising money “for erecting headstones for the non-affording”. Women could attend meetings, express opinions, but not vote.
Times have changed but the cemetery is still run by a volunteer Board of Trustees. Now the Board is made up of representatives from the Morristown Jewish Center–Beit Yisrael and Temple B’nai Or of Morristown. The cemetery also serves Congregation B’nai Israel of Basking Ridge. Women can and do serve on the Board as voting members. Now as in the past, the mission of the Beth Israel Cemetery Association is to serve those members of our congregations in their time of need. As of 2016, the Board determined that due to limited space, no non-members will be able to purchase plots and we will be unable to bury books.
The ten-acre cemetery, located on Ridgedale Avenue, is divided into three sections; Old, New and Southern. The Old Section was begun in 1903. It has standing monuments and raised markers. The New Section was begun as a memorial park in the 1960s with markers that were flush to the ground. Beginning in 2006, upright monuments have been allowed in the New Section. The Southern Section is separated from the main area by the driveway and is used for burials of families of mixed faith. Because of limited space, plots are now only available to congregants of our members synagogues: Congregation B'nai Israel in Basking Ridge, Morristown Jewish Center-Beit Yisrael and Temple B'nai Or in Morristown.
The cemetery is closed on the Sabbath (every Saturday) and Jewish holidays. To see if today is a holiday, please use this link:
http://www.isitajewishholidaytoday.com
Beth Israel Cemetery
Ridgedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls, NJ
Contact us at:
info@bethisraelcemetery.com
or contact Mr. Ronald Axelrod
President of the Board of Trustees
PHONE: (973) 538-4606
FAX: (908) 879-4606
EMAIL: rja4606@yahoo.com
Please note that our cemetery does not have any facilities (including public restrooms).
Dogs (except guide dogs) are not allowed within the cemetery.
Dogs (except guide dogs) are not allowed within the cemetery.
