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Ari Kraz rescues an inchworm from a gravestone on Sunday as his grandmother Yelena Kraz cleans the marker. Ari and Yelena were participating in the annual clean up at Temple Beth El's Home of Peace Jewish cemetery on Meder Street in Santa Cruz. The cemetery, which was sold to the Jewish Community of Santa Cruz for $100, was consecrated in 1877 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society for the burial of 14-year-old Amy Steen.
It is located on Meder Street in Santa Cruz and contains the grave of Moses Meder, the Mormon businessman who sold the land to the society. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Temple Beth El cemetery committee volunteer Ken Wagman inspects the graveside of Moses A. Meder and his family during Sunday's cleanup.
The Meder family name was given an alternative spelling on the entry to the plot. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) Ari Kraz rescues an inchworm from a gravestone on Sunday as his grandmother Yelena Kraz cleans the marker. Ari and Yelena were participating in the annual clean up at Temple Beth El's Home of Peace Jewish cemetery on Meder Street in Santa Cruz.
The cemetery, which was sold to the Jewish Community of Santa Cruz for $100, was consecrated in 1877 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society for the burial of 14-year-old Amy Steen. It is located on Meder Street in Santa Cruz and contains the grave of Moses Meder, the Mormon businessman who sold the land to the society. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel) SANTA CRUZ — Ari and Yelena Kraz were among those who participated in the annual clean up at Temple Beth El’s Home of Peace Jewish cemetery on Meder Street in Santa Cruz.
The cemetery, which was sold to the Jewish Community of Santa Cruz for $100, was consecrated in 1877 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society for the burial of 14-year-old Amy Steen. It is located on Meder Street in Santa Cruz and contains the grave of Moses Meder, the Mormon businessman who sold the land to the society..
