Death and Bereavement

Cemeteries

Elesavetgrad - Cemetery Association & DC Hebrew Beneficial Assoc.
5233 15th Pl., SE,
Washington, DC  20020
301-942-4987; 202-372-7107; 301-299-5440

Garden of Remembreance (Gan Zikaron) Memorial Park
14321 Comus Rd.,
Clarksburg, MD  20871
301-428-3000
www.gardenofremembrance.org
All denominations. Available Memorials and Markers.

Judean Memorial Gardens  
16225 Batchellors Forest Rd.
Olney, MD  20832
301-384-1000
http://judeangardens.com/
All denominations. Also has a  section for couples where one spouse is Jewish and the other is not Jewish located at adjacent Norbeck Cemetery.

King David Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home 
7482 Lee Hwy.
Falls Church, VA  22042
703-560-4400
All denominations.


Menorah Gardens Cemetery - Parklawn Cemetery  
12800 Viers Mill Road
Rockville, MD  20853
301-881-2151
http://parklawnofrockville.com/
All denominations.

 
Mount Lebanon Cemetery  
9500 Riggs Rd
Adelphi, MD  20783
301-434-4640
All denominations.

National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery  
P. O. Box 1301
Wheaton, MD  20915  
301-933-3033
Cemetery located in S.E. Washington and partly in Capitol Heights, Maryland.      


Ohev Sholom Congregation Cemetery 
3237 Congress Street, SE
Washington, DC  20009 
202-882-7225  


  
Chevre Kadisha and Chesed Shel Emes

Chevra Kadisha of Greater Washington 
Community burial society that makes arrangements and performs the ritual washing and dressing of body (Tahara). 
301-649-7333 (for women)
301-593-8316 (for men)
Individual must have already arranged a funeral through a funeral home. Donation of $100 is paid to the funeral home who in turns pays the Chevra Kadisha.


Hebrew Free Burial Society  
c/o Jewish Chaplaincy Service, 200 Wood Hill Rd.
Rockville, MD  20850
301-762-2825
jssa.org
The Hebrew Free Burial Society takes care of all burial arrangements for indigent Jews who cannot afford a traditional Jewish funeral.  They perform ritual washing of the body.  The Jewish Chaplaincy Service of JSSA (the Jewish Social Service Agency) provides Rabbinic coverage for these funerals.

Independent Chevra Kaddisha of Northern Virginia  
1737 Dogwood Dr.
Alexandria, VA  22302
703-519-0764
mayimchayim36@verizon.net

Funeral Homes

Danzansky - Goldberg Memorial Chapels  
1170 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD  20852
301-340-1400  
www.danzanskygoldberg.com
Provides full funeral services and grief counseling; Jewish funerals; will provide shomrim upon request; contracts cremations.


Edward Sagel Funeral Direction Inc. 
1091 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD  20852
301-217-9400
www.sagelfuneraldirection.com

Hines - Rinaldi Funeral Home 
11800 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD  20904
301-622-2290
www.hinesrinaldifuneralhome.com

 
Jefferson Funeral Chapel 
5755 Castlewellan Drive
Alexandria, VA
703-971-7400
www.jeffersonfuneralchapel.com 
 

Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home  
254 Carroll St., N.W.
Washington, DC  20012

202-541-1001
www.torchinsky.com


Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington 
202-966-1545
http://www.jewish-funerals.org/
Committee members stand ready to help congregations organize hevrai kadishot or bereavement committees, supply materials such as information sheets and questionnaires, and help them to educate their congregations.  Funeral committees, by one name or another, make themselves immediately available to visit and counsel the bereaved, obtain the needed information, and arrange and manage the funeral and burial. The bereaved family does not have to do business directly with a funeral director. Many congregations have committees to provide tahara (ritual washing) and shomrim (watchers) before the funeral. Most congregations arrange a meal of condolence after the funeral, and many arrange shiva at the family home so that friends and relative can express their sympathy properly.
 

Monuments

Fram Monument Company  
822 D. Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD
410-486-8666
info@frammonument.com