(Jewish Group)As COVID pandemic unfolds, Boston's Jewish community unveils a memorial to its victims
The coronavirus pandemic is still unfolding, but a permanent memorial to its Jewish victims has already gone up in Boston.
The city’s Jewish community unveiled a memorial last week to those who have died during the pandemic in a virtual gathering that also honored caretakers and “last responders,” or people who have tended to funerals and burials.
The event and dedication took place July 9, which on the Jewish calendar was the 17th of Tammuz, a day of fasting that kicks off a three-week-long annual mourning period.
About 650 people signed on to hear words of comfort from communal and religious leaders. They also watched as a memorial stone and two granite benches were dedicated on the grounds of the Baker Street Memorial Park, a complex of 42 Jewish cemeteries managed by the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts that has historic ties for the area’s Jewish community.
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