with a range of services that keep them healthy, independent and connected. live at home, but they need more help than ever. the featured speaker at the Wednesday, September 7 meeting of the Jewish Gene- alogy Society of Cleveland. Rabbi Burn- stein will discuss how to read tombstones. Jewish grave markers vary in size and style and they are often a key to discovering a family's history. Rabbi Burnstein will consider how to decipher symbols, Hebrew names, dates, abbreviations and quota- tions. He will tell how families use the information on grave stones to uncover lost histories. last 24 years. A native of Washington, D.C., he received his Semicha (rabbinical ordina- tion) from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore and has a Master's degree in Talmudic Law from Ner Yisroel, and a Master's degree in Computers from John Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. starting at 7:30 pm, in the Miller Board Room at Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood. Board members and help desk volunteers are available from 7 pm to assist with individual research questions. Guests are welcome. RSVP to Programming@ ClevelandJGS.org. Choir, brought to you in association with @Akiva and conducted by Lynne Leutenberg Yulish, are now being held for the 2016-2017 season. This is an opportunity for Jewish teen singers to perform at Lincoln Center in New York City. For more information, email Sandy Laserson, @Akiva choir manager and midwest coordina- tor of HaZamir, at laserson@att.net. |