Chesed: Community Care

The Chesed Committee supports members suffering from illness or injury, assists members with the loss of a loved one, and helps members when other personal crises may arise.

Members are encouraged to contact the Chesed Committee (caringcommittee@kahalbraira.org) if you or another KB member could use some support from the KB community.

Resources for Serious Illness / End-of-Life Care

Anyone dealing with illness or end-of-life issues may consult this extensive list of resources which guide you to a variety of helpful organizations:

Elder Care/Planning Ahead
End of Life Support
Caring Circles
Funeral Homes
Cemeteries
Bereavement Support

Elder Care/Planning Ahead

CJP SeniorDirect

• A service of Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) offering one-stop shopping for information and resources around eldercare issues.
• cjpseniordirect.org

The Conversation Project

• The Conversation Project has a variety of resources to help you and your family talk now about your end of life wishes.
• theconversationproject.org

End-of-Life Support

Care Dimensions

• A comprehensive not-for-profit hospice provider.
• caredimensions.org

Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice

• hallmarkhealthhomecare.org

Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation of Mass.

• hospicefed.org

Jewish Family and Children’s Services

• JFCS provides an extensive listing of hospice and palliative care resources.
• jfcsboston.org

Caring Circles

Lotsa Helping Hands

• lotsahelpinghands.com

Share the Care

• sharethecare.org

CareCircle

• carecircle.com

Funeral Homes

Brezniak-Rodman Funeral Directors (West Newton, MA)

• brezniakrodman.com

Levine Chapels (Brookline, MA)

• dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/brookline-ma/levine-chapels/7323

Schlossberg-Solomon Memorial Chapels (Canton, MA)

• schlossbergchapel.com

Stanetsky Memorial Chapels (Brookline, MA)

• dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/stanetsky-memorial-chapels

Torf Funeral Home (Chelsea, MA)

• torffuneralservice.com

Goldman Funeral Chapel (Malden, MA)

• goldmanfc.com

Cemeteries 

Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts (JCAM) (Newton Centre, MA)

• jcam.org (manages 100+ Jewish cemeteries in MA)

Sharon Memorial Park (Sharon, MA)

• sharonmemorial.com (interfaith sections; Jewish clergy not required as officiants)

Beit Olam Cemetery (Part of JCAM) (Wayland, MA)

• jcam.org/Pages/Cemeteries/Cemetery_Pages/Wayland.html (interfaith section available)

Lindwood Memorial Park (Randolph, MA)

•  jcam.org/Pages/Cemeteries/Cemetery_Pages/Randolph.htm (interfaith section available)

Newton Cemetery (Newton Centre, MA)

• newcemcorp.org

Forest Hill Cemetery (Boston, MA)

•  foresthillscemetery.com

Mt. Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, MA)

• mountauburn.org

iMortuary (Online Funeral Home Directory)

• imortuary.com

Bereavement Support

The Children’s Room (Arlington, MA)

• childrensroom.org (caring support for grieving family members)

Comfort Zone Camp (Sandwich; Boston)

• comfortzonecamp.org (Free weekend overnight bereavement camps for children 7-17 who have lost a family member; travel assistance available)

Jeff’s Place (Framingham, MA)

• jeffsplacemetrowest.org (Free support groups for children, preschool through high school, coping with a meaningful death loss; simultaneous adult caregiver groups offered)

JFCS Jewish Family & Children Service

• jfcsboston.org