Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation has funded the burial of a man with heavy debts who died locally.
Asda supermarket worker David Jacobs, originally from Borehamwood, passed away in October, aged 68, from a brain tumour. He lived alone and was not in contact with family members.
His body lay in a Bournemouth mortuary for four months before old North-West London friends Bradley Cohen and Stephen Segal found out about his death and contacted the Orthodox synagogue.
The burial ceremony was last week in the shul’s Throop Cemetery. It was conducted by BHC’s Rabbi Adrian Jesner and attended by 20 people, among them Mr Cohen and Mr Segal.
