The Hebrew Free Burial Association (HFBA) devotes its resources to performing chesed shel emet (the ultimate act of lovingkindness- for the deceased who are unable to repay the kindness).
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- 1888
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Hebrew Free Burial Association Check out the redesign of our website. www.hebrewfreeburial.org We'd appreciate your feedback.
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The website for the Hebrew Free Burial Association, HFBA, which is the only agency in the greater New York metropolitan area dedicated to assuring that every Jew, regardless of financial means or religious affiliation, receives a dignified, traditional Jewish funeral and burial. ...
Hebrew Free Burial Association Listen to Nachum Segal interview HFBA's Andrew Parver on JMintheAM this morning.
Hebrew Free Burial Association HFBA's November e-News is out!
Hebrew Free Burial Association As I've said many times before, death is big business.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc is now catering to its shoppers' needs from cradle to grave.
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Please read and watch the remarkable story of Fannie Kaplan. http://hfba.blogspot.com/2008/05/fannie-
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Watch Bernard Kaplan describe the emotions he felt upon finding his sister's gravesite at HFBA's Mount Richmond Cemetery, after 60 years.
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Every year HFBA asks Congregations to designate Parshat Chayei Sara to reflect on our mission. Abraham arranging for Sara's burial is a reminder of the importance of a proper burial. We're asking you to help. Please ask your Rabbi to mention HFBA during a sermon, or to put HFBA materials on display. This year our ca...seload is up over 15%; donations are down. We NEED the support of the community. Thank you.Read More
Hebrew Free Burial Association HFBA's caseload is up as well.
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Cash-strapped states and private funeral homes are having to foot the bill for burials when families cannot.
Hebrew Free Burial Association Have you seen HFBA's October e-News? http://bit.ly/19AO5E http://bit.ly/19AO5E
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Please join HFBA as we honor Chaim Marks, Akiva & Nina Smith, and Herbert & Renah Ausubel at our annual Riverdale Community Breakfast. The breakfast will take place on October 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM at the Riverdale Jewish Center, 3700 Independence Avenue, Riverdale, NY. ...
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The Yeshiva World » Unmarked Graves at Staten Island Cemetery Receive Grave Markers » Frum Jewish Ne
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NEW YORK – Early this morning, 266 previously unmarked graves of indigent Jews buried at Mount Richmond Cemetery on Staten Island were given modest gravemarkers by the non-profit organization who arranged their funerals. ...
Hebrew Free Burial Association Last year, I blogged an essay I wrote about my first visit to Ground Zero post 9-11. I am posting it again today. I'd love to know what you think.
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Extended thoughts from my work at the Hebrew Free Burial Association. Matters pertaining to Death and Dying from a Jewish perspective.
Hebrew Free Burial Association A text message question and answer from Rabbi Aviner about visiting a grave when at someone else's funeral.
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The official English blog of Rabbi Shlomo Aviner (Rav Aviner), providing inspiring Torah from the heart of Jerusalem.
Hebrew Free Burial Association Follow the link of information on the Rabbinical Council of America's new revised Halachic Health Care Proxy. It is very important for EVERYONE to have a health care proxy.
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Rabbis.org - established in 1935, to advance the cause and the voice of Torah and the rabbinic tradition by promoting the welfare, interests, and professionalism of Orthodox rabbis all around the world
Hebrew Free Burial Association It is sad that cremation has become so accepted. I think the trend towards green funerals will help, as cremation is not environmentally friendly. Fortunately, Jewish funerals have been green funerals for thousands of years.
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Crematoriums in Denmark want to recycle their "waste heat" by distributing it into local heating systems. The Danish Council of Ethics didn't have a problem with the idea, as the Economist reports, ...
Hebrew Free Burial Association Just sent out the August e-News. If you'd like to sign up for the e_news, please follow this link.
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