Q. Hello, I'm a Ba'al Teshuva with a Jewish sister that married a Non-Jew (who did a conservative conversion of some type). If she wants to be buried in a Jewish cemetery (which I believe she would) , I'm wondering if he would be allowed to be buried in the Jewish Cemeteries in Toronto? Thanks
A. I consulted with Mr. Mark Benjamin, director of Benjamin Memorial Chapel, Ms Dayan, administrator of Hebrew Basic Burial, and Ms Laura, funeral director of Steels Memorial Chapel, they all expressed that the common rule in all local cemeteries is to accept for burial anyone that has undergone an actual conversion, regardless of the denomination of the Rabbi that gave it, including Conservative, Reform or similar.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that Orthodox communities should keep their own separate sections in the cemeteries as has traditionally being done.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a.
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