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Beit Olamim (Sunset Memory Gardens), Sha'ar HaRachamim Section, 7302 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI, USA. 34 burials total.
Sunset Memory Gardens is a non-denomitional cemetery, privately owned. Est. 1957. (608) 298-5994; http://www.burialplanning.com/cemeteries/sunset-memory-gardens/ Beit Olamin in Sunset Memory Gardens has two sections: Sha'ar HaRachamim is Halachic; Sha'ar HaShalom is non-Halachic, so that interfaith families can be buried together, as well as cremains). Burials of the Madison Jewish community have taken place at a municipally-owned cemetery (Forest Hill) for many years. By 2008, projections indicated that grave sites would be sold out within the near future, and a viable alternative was needed. Jewish Burial Association of Madison (JBAM) was created as a non-profit corporation in 2009 to establish and maintain a Jewish cemetery that would serve the greater Madison Jewish community today and for generations to come. JBAM's initial acquisition of plots at Sunset Memory Gardens was made possible through a generous financial grant from the Madison Chevrah Kadisha. Beit Olamim, the Madison Jewish community's cemetery, dedicated in December of 2009, is located along the far northeast corner of Sunset Memory Gardens, 7302 Mineral Point Road, bounded by Westfield Road and Tree Lane. Beit Olamim was established by the Jewish Burial Association of Madison, which operates it in cooperation with the company that owns Sunset Memory Gardens.
Because the Jewish Burial Association of Madison (JBAM) serves the broadly diverse, greater Madison Jewish community, JBAM has established two distinct areas for burial within Beit Olamim in addition to a community geniza. The two distinct areas are Sha'ar HaRachamim, a section in which plots are available for burial in accordance with halacha and traditional Jewish burial practice, and Sha'ar Shalom, a section in which plots are available for burial in accordance with less traditional Jewish burial practices. The requirements for burial in each of these sections were developed by JBAM with the assistance of the Madison Jewish community's congregational rabbis. A map of the cemetery and names of the grave owners was provided by Bruce Thomadsen, JBAM president.
Section sign.
Westfield Road entrance columns.
Gan HaShalom meditation garden.
Cemetery overview.
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