Jews who are not affiliated with a congregation that has a Jewish cemetery can still be buried in a Jewish cemetery in Portland, according to Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm, head of Chabad of Oregon.
Wilhelm said he occasionally gets calls from people wanting information about some aspect of Jewish burial or mourning process and he said it dismays him that some people do not realize there is a local option for Jewish burial even if they are unaffiliated.
Last fall, Chabad of Oregon dedicated a section of Riverview Cemetery as a Jewish burial ground. The Chabad section, which is open to any Jew, is adjacent to a section designated Jewish by Congregation Shir Tikvah and P'nai Or last spring.
Riverview, a century-old, nonsectarian, nonprofit cemetery, is located at 0300 Southwest Taylor's Ferry Road. The Jewish section has 600 available plots and is separated from the rest of the cemetery by a hedge of winter-blooming camellias.
For information on a plot in the Jewish section overseen by Chabad, call Wilhelm at 503-977-9947.
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