General manager of Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, a Jewish cemetery.
The general manager of Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, a Jewish cemetery.
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Len Lawrence
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How to Run a Cemetery During a Drought Agriculture isn’t the only industry grappling with change brought on by drought. The death business is having to adapt as well. The idea of the lush, green final resting place is a fixture of our collective imagination. But here in Southern California, cemeteries are having to change the way they work in order to achieve that aesthetic. image: Mount Sinai, memorial park.
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