Cleveland, OH - Financial Hardship Prompts More And More Reform Jews To Choose Cremations

Cleveland, OH - “Cremation is a family tradition,” says Loe Goldwasser. “My grandfather chose cremation, and my mother felt scattering his ashes in Lake Erie was the most wonderful way to honor her father’s spirit.” Goldwassser’s mother, who was cremated 12 years ago, “felt that too much of the earth was taken up by cemeteries, and did not want an in-ground burial,” says the...