Jewish Funeral Home | Our honor to serve as part of the community | Since 1962

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The Jewish funeral rite can be explained with the words: in simplicity there is comfort and dignity.

“We sustain the poor…and visit the sick… and bury the dead…and comfort the bereaved… for these are ways of peace.”

            (Talmud, Tractate Gittin 61a)

 

We have served as the Jewish funeral home for the greater Princeton Mercer Bucks area for nearly 60 years, through three generations of our family (click here for our family biography), and have close relationships with each of the area synagogues, clergy and jewish agencies. We work with other family-owned Jewish funeral homes across the country to ensure proper care when a death occurs out of state, or a Jewish funeral home is needed for an out-of-state burial.

We are an independent and Jewish family-owned funeral home. We are the only funeral home in Mercer County for which this is true.

There are other funeral homes seeking to serve our Jewish community, and there are a few reasons most choose ours:

• Our family has been serving the local Jewish community for three generations. Experience matters, as does a sensitivity to our customs, which differ from the majority of our surrounding communities.
• We are members of this community. Our family belongs to multiple area synagogues and we are proud to support those we do not attend as congregants. We serve on the boards of several area Jewish agencies including Greenwood House and Jewish Family & Children’s Service. Trusting the care of your family to our funeral home directly translates to the betterment of our Jewish community.
• We proudly support The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project “restoring dignity to our ancestors’ cemeteries, honoring their contributions, and setting a good example of stewardship for future generations.”
• Being family owned means we are accountable to you alone, not some larger conglomerate. We are a part of this Jewish community.

If you are considering another funeral home, consider asking: can they say the same?

• We are members of KAVOD, the largest network of independent Jewish funeral homes in the United States and can help with transfers across the country and internationally to ensure that Jewish laws and customs are observed beginning to end.
• Putting aside our modesty for a moment, our directors and staff are the best at what they do. We offer exceptional, caring staff providing the level of compassionate care that only a family can provide. We encourage you to ask anyone in our community.
• We are there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. We will meet you at your home, our office or anywhere and at any time you need us. We believe in the value of our work and will go to any length necessary to take care of the families that entrust us with this task.

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For those unaffiliated with a congregation, we can arrange for a rabbi to officiate at any service, and to speak with the family prior to the service. We believe that the Jewish funeral rite is not something that should be reserved only for the observant, and we are here to explain the traditions and significance to the uninitiated. Both of our directors are available for at-home meetings, and will patiently explain the funeral and mourning customs of the Jewish people, so that each family can make informed decisions about what is right for them.

Our services are not constrained by geographic area. We travel to cemeteries and congregations near and far, including the New York City area and Long Island, as well as Philadelphia, Washington DC and further. Arrangements can be handled nationwide and worldwide as needed to transport a loved one to or from foreign countries.

Our commitment to our community as Jewish funeral directors is evident in our strong ties to local agencies and organizations.

We have dedicated facilities for taharah and shmirah, and offer a selection of kosher all-wood-construction caskets.

We proudly work with the all-volunteer Chevra Kadisha of Mercer County.

We are members of Kavod: Independent Jewish Funeral Chapels, the Mercer County Funeral Directors Association, and the New Jersey Funeral Directors Association.

Congregations that we often serve:

Mercer County

Congregation Beth Chaim

   West Windsor

The Jewish Center

   Princeton

Adath Israel Congregation

   Lawrenceville

Har Sinai Temple

   Pennington

Beth El Synagogue

   East Windsor

Temple Micah

   Lawrenceville

Young Israel of Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville

 

Bucks County, PA 

Congregation Brothers of Israel

   Newtown

Shir Ami

   Newtown

Congregation Kol Emet

   Yardley

Congregation Beth El of Bucks County

   Yardley

Kehilat HaNahar, the Little Shul by the River

   New Hope

 

Jewish Funerals – serving these areas, and beyond.

Ewing, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Princeton, NJ
Lawrence, NJ
Hamilton, NJ
West Windsor, NJ
East Windsor, NJ
Pennington, NJ
Hopewell, NJ
Monroe, NJ
Flemington, NJ
Lambertville, NJ
Bordentown, NJ

Cranbury, NJ
Yardley, PA
Newtown, PA
Langhorne, PA
New Hope, PA
Levittown, PA

Cemeteries we often visit for Jewish Funerals:

• Ewing Cemetery (Har Sinai Temple, also an unaffiliated Jewish section)

(Ewing Township, NJ)

• Fountain Lawn Memorial Park (Adath Israel Congregation, Hebrew Gardens)

(Ewing Township, NJ)

• Greenwood Cemetery

(Hamilton Township, NJ)

• Princeton Cemetery

(Princeton, NJ)

• Floral Park/ Washington Cemeteries (The Jewish Center of Princeton)

(South Brunswick, NJ)

• Mount Lebanon Cemetery (Congregation Beth Chaim)

(Iselin, NJ)

• Beth Israel Cemetery/ Woodbridge Memorial Park

(Woodbridge, NJ)

• Cemeteries on Cedar Lane, in Hamilton/ Trenton (Pitman Avenue/ Clover Avenue/ Ridge Avenue)

Including: Ahavath Israel Congregation, Congregation Brothers of Israel, Brith Sholom, Workers of Truth, Workmens Circle, Workmens Mutual Aid, People of Truth, Trenton Young Judea (See The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project for more information on these cemeteries.

(Hamilton Township, NJ)

• Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veteran’s Cemetery, “Arneytown”

(Wrightstown, NJ)

Pennsylvania –  Jewish Funerals

• Washington Crossing National Cemetery

(Newtown, PA)

• Roosevelt Memorial Park

(Trevose, PA)

• King David Memorial Park

(Bensalem, PA)

• Montefiore Cemetery

(Jenkintown, PA)

Northern New Jersey and New York  – Jewish Funerals

• Cedar Park/ Beth El Cemetery

(Paramus, NJ)

• Riverside Cemetery

(Saddlebrook, NJ and often referred to as being in Lodi, NJ)

• King Solomon Memorial Park

(Clifton, NJ)

• Mount Moriah Cemetery

(Fairview, NJ)

• Sharon Gardens

(Valhalla, NY)

• Baron Hirsch Cemetery

(Staten Island, NY)

• Beth David Cemetery

(Elmont, NY)

• New Montefiore/ Wellwood Cemetery/ Beth Moses Cemetery

(Farmingdale/ West Babylon/ Pinelawn, NY)

• Mount Lebanon Cemetery

(Glendale, NY)

• Mount Ararat Cemetery

(Lindenhurst, NY)

• Mount Hebron Cemetery

(Flushing, NY)

• Mount Carmel Cemetery

(Ridgewood, NY)

• Montefiore Cemetery

(Springfield Gardens, NY)