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24 October 13 • 2016
TAKING ACTION
“We kind of adopted that section, com-
ing twice a year and weeding around
the graves, putting down mulch and,
this year, through the Aviva Pearl
Herman Memorial SHARE fund cre-
ated by Merle and Ron Schwartz in
memory of their granddaughter Aviva,
we were able to plant perennials in
the front section, to later be split and
planted in the back section as well,”
Kaluzny says. “We did some incredible
work this time and the section looks
beautiful!”
For more information about SHARE meetings,
SHARE is a national organization
contact Temple Israel at (248) 661-5700.
that provides support to families who
have lost a baby through miscarriage,
stillbirth and infant death. Temple
Israel holds a SHARE meeting each
month and participates in Metro
Detroit SHARE’s events and annual
Walk for Remembrance and Hope,
which was on Oct. 2.
“SHARE is not a Jewish organiza-
tion, but it has provided a forum for
mothers like me and so many oth-
ers who need a space to talk about
our babies who died,” Kaluzny says.
“Everyone is welcome at our meetings,
Jews and non-Jews, recently bereaved
parents and those whose losses were
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decades ago.
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“This has been a true labor of love
and devotion for all who have vol-
unteered,” Kaluzny says. “Many have
volunteered every time we have done
a cleanup, and we have new volunteers
every time. Some have personal con-
nections to the cemetery; a few people
have siblings there who died as chil-
dren. Others just feel that it is a mitz-
vah they would like to participate in.”
The Bockneks, who also have a
younger son, Andy, added a headstone
to Aaron’s grave last fall.
Hebrew Memorial Chapel donated
a monument for the children’s section
about a year ago that stands front and
center. Most of the graves do not have
any kind of monument or marker, and
this serves as a marker for those that
are unmarked. The next project for the
group is to repaint the numbers on the
unmarked graves.
“This all definitely helped with clo-
sure,” Marc says. “It’s fulfilling to see
the changes being made there already
with the groups who have helped clean
up. We are appreciative and thankful
for the support Temple Israel provided
for this. Jennifer has been so astound-
ing, and the support from the whole
congregation has been phenomenal.
They are our family.”
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“We noticed that the cemetery really
had little maintenance, and we were
pretty upset,” Cheryl says. “We’re not
blaming them, but we feel it was an
area not being visited much.”
Marc says it was “sad and neglected.”
“We had just taken part in a cleanup
of B’nai David Cemetery in Detroit,
and we couldn’t believe the change in
an afternoon,” Cheryl says. “We men-
tioned to Jennifer the condition of the
children’s section at Hebrew Memorial.
She ran with the idea of cleaning up
the children’s section. It was something
we could do.”
Cleanup dates were found, and the
information was sent to the Temple
Israel congregation.