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I think it’s vital that we be buried in a Jewish cemetery. It’s where our traditions have been codified, where the traditions take place in a way that links us to our past generations and is the opportunity for us to continue. We’re a family as Jews that has been around for thousands of years. And I think by burying a loved one in a Jewish cemetery, you are making that link not just for the past, but also for the future as well. So that, and I talk to family members here that they are able to visit parents, grandparents, great grandparents, even great, great parents in Toronto, because they are here burIt is important to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. According to tradition, the body or the soul of the body feels a greater sense of comfort when it’s together with other Jewish residents of where it’s living, but one should not think that in any way the body is being desecrated if it’s buried in a secular cemetery. But it is preferred, certainly it’s preferred, and that’s really part of a very long tradition to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. It’s considered to be more comforting for the soul.