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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
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URL:https://www.orzarua.org/events/the-eternal-mitzvah-preserving-our-ceme
 teries/
SUMMARY:The Eternal Mitzvah - Preserving Our Cemeteries
DESCRIPTION:Hevra Kadisha Program and Dinner\nCatered by Eyal Shani's Koshe
 r Miznon restaurant.\nNo charge\, but please email Deborah if you plan t
 o attend.\n\nJoin us for a conversation with Rabbi Andrew Schultz\, Execut
 ive Director of CAJAC (read more about Rabbi Schultz and CAJAC below).\n\n
 Similar to last Fall's Hevra Kadisha event\, we will be catering this talk
  from Eyal Shani's Kosher Miznon restaurant. There is no charge to attend
  and no one will be turned away at the door\, but if you know you plan on 
 coming\, please email Deborah so that we can get an idea of how many peo
 ple to expect and have enough food.\n\nAt the end of the program\, we'll r
 ecite a Psalm which will provide an opportunity for anyone in mourning or 
 observing a yahrzeit to say Kaddish.\n\nSince its founding\, CAJAC (Commu
 nity Alliance for Jewish-Affiliated Cemeteries) has restored over 60\,000 
 graves with the help of more than 5\,000 volunteers. CAJAC presently take
 s care of more than10\,000 graves\, managing a number of cemeteries and pa
 rtnering with organizations throughout the tri-state area to provide the 
 critical link in setting standards\, developing strategies\, and assisting
  those tasked as fiduciaries for Jewish cemeteries. Rabbi Schultz will ta
 lk to us about CAJAC's work. We will also talk about Or Zarua's cemetery
  plots\, situated in a Congregational section of Beth El Cemetery in Para
 mus\, NJ.\n\nRabbi Andrew Schultz has served as a Jewish communal profess
 ional for the last 25 years\, having held several senior level positions i
 n Jewish agencies throughout the Tri-State area\, including BBYO\, the Jew
 ish Educational Center\, and Yedei Chesed. A significant portion of his c
 areer has been as the Executive Director of CAJAC\, a nonprofit organizati
 on responsible for the administration and oversight of nearly 10\,000 Jewi
 sh graves throughout New York and New Jersey.\n\nRabbi Schultz earned Yore
 h Yoreh Semicha from both Kollel Hachsharus L'Rabbanus and Machon Halacha 
 Lemaan Yilmedu. He is presently engaged in advanced rabbinical studies th
 rough Lemaan Yilmedu. Rabbi Schultz is also a member of MORASHAH\, the ra
 bbinical arm of the Union for Traditional Judaism and the New York Board o
 f Rabbis. He is a certified police chaplain and actively serves both the 
 Fair Lawn and Elmwood Park police departments. Rabbi Schultz is also acti
 ve in Chaverim of Bergen County\, a community organization providing non-m
 edical emergency services.
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