«After Brezniak-Rodman announced that it would provide space for the new group, which has more than 100 volunteers, Rabbi Naftali Horowitz, who is known as the Bostoner Rebbe, sent a letter stating that the Chevra Kadisha of Greater Boston would continue operating there only "if we are the only one using the facilities." Allowing a nondenominational group to use the funeral home's facilities would "add great confusion regarding the standards which will be administered," the letter said.Boston funeral home drops Orthodox burial society for Jewish alternative | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Last week, Brezniak-Rodman confirmed that the Chevra Kadisha of Greater Boston had stopped working with the funeral home.»
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Kol Tuv,
RRW
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Oh. When I saw the headlines I thought it would be because the chevra kadisha was demanding separate entraces for men and women and a mechitza in the main hallway.
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