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16 April 3 • 2014

coalition of community
volunteers and organiza-
tions have formed a new
project to call attention to, care for
and preserve an important piece of
the city of Detroit's history, overall,
and the Detroit Jewish community,
in particular.
The B'nai David Cemetery Care
and Preservation Project will begin
its commitment to the historic
cemetery on Detroit's east side
with a community cleanup event
on Sunday, April 27, from 10 a.m.
Young Eva Goldman's work to clean up
to 4:30 p.m. That event will kick
the B'nai David Cemetery in Detroit
off an ongoing effort to clean and
inspired this community project.
maintain the environment and
gravesites inside the cemetery.
David Goldman. "Ralph Zuckman
Partners in the project include the
[director of Clover Hill Cemetery and
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
founder of the Greater Detroit Jewish
Detroit, which will hold all funds
Cemetery Association] and I visited
raised for maintenance of the cem-
the cemetery and began to formulate
etery ($2,250 so far), the Greater
a plan to clean and maintain this
Detroit Jewish Cemetery Association,
important location in Detroit's Jewish
Ira Kaufman Chapel, Clover Hill Park
history.
Cemetery of Congregation Shaarey
"Because Congregation B'nai David,
Zedek in Southfield and the Jewish
which grew out of the original Beth
Historical Society of Michigan.
David Synagogue, is no longer active,
The B'nai David Cemetery is located it is up to the broader community to
take on this work. Ideally, former B'nai
at 9535 Van Dyke, north of 1-94 and
David members and/or their families
south of Lynch Road in Detroit, near
Detroit City Airport. It saw its first
will discover this project, find it mean-
burial in 1898, just six years after the
ingful and participate in some way:'
founding of Beth David Synagogue,
David Techner, funeral director
which was started by Russian immi-
at Ira Kaufman Chapel, said, As a
grants. There are approximately 1,200
longtime sponsor of the Kever Avot
gravesites at the cemetery, with the
program, where Jewish seniors are
last known burial there taking place in provided transportation and help
2009. In recent decades, the cemetery
from volunteers in a chance to visit
has fallen into severe disrepair, and its the graves of loved ones, it was painful
landscape is dominated by weeds and
to tell some of them that the cemetery
tall grasses.
where their parents and grandparents
The inspiration for the project came are buried was not accessible without
from 13-year-old Eva Goldman, who
a key and in disrepair. Some of the
last year led her family and friends
people who helped to shape Detroit
in a one-day cleanup of the cemetery,
and its Jewish community are buried
where her great-great grandmother is
in this cemetery, and it's our responsi-
bility to help honor them through this
buried. Her father, David Goldman,
assembled what is now this new coali- project:'
tion to continue with the project.
For details on how to participate in
"Our family saw the terribly dilapi-
the April 27 event, log on to http://
dated state of the cemetery and decid- goo.gl/OueRZJ to register and select a
ed to do something about it," said
volunteer time slot.

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