Chevra Kadisha

(ritual support when there is a death)

MCJC has one of the longest-standing community chevrot kadisha in the country.  Members of the chevra kadisha do tahara (ritual washing of a person who has died) and organize community members to provide shemira (sitting with a person between death and burial.)  The chevra also assists mourners in other ways as needed with arranging the funeral, meal of consolation and shiva minyanim.   MCJC has dedicated cemetery space in the Ocean View cemetery in Fort Bragg.  For information about the chevra kadisha contact Clare Bercot Zwerling at clarebercot@icloud.com.