Lansing Avenue Jewish Cemetery focus of Federation’s fall cleanup

A warm, fall-like breeze and early-morning sun welcomed families and volunteers of all ages to the annual fall cemetery clean up at Lansing Avenue Jewish Cemetery in Cleveland on Close

PHOTOS: Lansing cemetery focus of Federation’s fall cleanup

Sept. 14, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Commission on Cemetery Preservation.

What would have been an otherwise quiet morning at the cemetery was instead full of life, as volunteers were greeted with snacks and water, outdoor equipment and familiar faces of the Jewish Volunteer Network and the cemetery commission.

Volunteers spread out across the cemetery and began trimming branches and overgrowth, weeding around headstones, raking leaves and even removing trees.

The event not only is one of the highest forms of mitzvah, but