Membership of the Jewish Joint Burial Society — serving Reform, Masorti, Liberal and independent synagogues — has reached 39 with the affiliation of Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community and Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue.
EHRS was a result of the merger of the Edgware and Hendon Reform shuls and the JJBS now provides funeral benefits to former Hendon Reform members.
Hendon’s cemetery at Southgate and its burial rights through West London Synagogue at Edgwarebury Lane have been taken over by the JJBS.
Former Hendon members will also have access to the JJBS Woodland Cemetery and the other cemetery it uses at Cheshunt. Philip Bright, co-chair of EHRS and former Hendon Reform chair, was “delighted to ensure the continued funeral arrangements for our members. It removes any concerns about available burial plots.
