Area Jewish Cemeteries Fight Vandalism and Neglect
Jewish Exponent, October 29, 2015
“Although some of these cemeteries are in disrepair due to vandalism or neglect, some community members are doing their best to restore them on their own. The Friends of the Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery was founded about three years ago. It hopes to restore the inactive Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery and make it a respectful resting place while also enhancing the area’s natural features.”
Effort to Restore an Old Jewish Cemetery
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 24, 2015
“For decades, the Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery was a final resting place where peace was elusive. Years of neglect, a lingering lawsuit, and the threat of development marked the hidden graveyard just off Conshohocken State Road.”
Renewed Effort to Fix up Lower Merion’s Abandoned Jewish Cemetery
MainLine Times, Thursday, October 08, 2015
“Broken headstones, overgrown weeds, hard-to-read markers are what await anyone who might stumble upon Lower Merion’s abandoned cemetery. But a new effort by volunteers is renewing plans to fix up the grounds so that it can once again serve as a testament to roughly 1,000 people who made it their final resting place.”
Friends of the Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery 