REGULATIONS

Dignified and suitable commemoration should respect and consider the many sensitivities involved in such an emotion-filled topic.

To ensure this respect and consideration of people’s feelings, definite regulations must be made and kept strictly.

The regulations were determined after most aspects were considered, and we hope that they will be accepted, and understood.

The right to be commemorated

The right to be commemorated on the Jewish Memorial Center is preserved to every Jew, male or female, or who was married to a Jew, was known as a Jew, or considered themselves as Jews while alive.
 

Definitions

Free Memorial:
A memorial line includes: Name, place and date of birth and death.

Basic Memorial:

Basic Memorial is a memorial that contains only names, maiden name, parent’s names, and dates of birth and death.

A Combined Memorial:

A Combined Memorial is a Basic Memorial to which a biography, eulogies, memories, photographs, images, graphics or documents - may be added.

Self-prepared Memorial:

Commemoration prepared in advance.
 

Entitled to commemorate:

1. Every person or group of people, institution, or entity, are entitled to
    commemorate every Jewish person, group of people, or a Jewish community -
    in the Basic Memorial.

2. The defined family members are entitled to commemorate a departed in a
    Combined Memorial: children, parents, siblings, grandparents, or any other
    descendants.

3. Combined Memorial by other family members, friends or acquaintances will be
    accepted under the following conditions:

a. The creator of the memorial is a legal inheritor or was a legal guardian of the
    deceased.

b. The creator of the memorial states, that to the best of his knowledge, the
    deceased has no other family member, or if there are, they would not oppose to
    the memorial as will appear on the JMC.

c.  Every person (even not a family member), institution or entity, are entitled to
     commemorate every Jewish person, a Jewish group of people or  Jewish
     communities, that perished in the Holocaust. In this case, the commemorated
     will appear in the Victims of the Holocaust category, of the Jewish Memorial
     Center.

d. Every legal or formal entity or institution is entitled to commemorate every
    Jewish person, group of Jewish people or Jewish communities.

e. Every group of people is entitled to commemorate every Jewish person, group
    of Jewish people or Jewish communities. In this case, at least two members of
    the group need to be identified.
 

Self-prepared Memorial:

Every person is entitled to prepare his own memorial. One can also prepare the memorial according to the JMC’S regulations and designs, and even receive a CD with the final memorial. However, this memorial will be entered in the JMC - only after a death announcement is received and confirmed.
 

Victims of the Holocaust:

The ‘Victims of the Holocaust’ is part of the Jewish Memorial Center, to commemorate Jews that were perished in the Holocaust and not after October 1945, as a result of the Holocaust.
 

Identification:

1. Every creator of a memorial will be fully identified. Identification will include a
    full name, address and phone number (fax & E-mail if exists).

2. Every entity or institution will include the name, address, phone number (fax &
    E-mails if exists), and at least one person’s full details.
 

Procedures:

1. The creator will fill a required form.

2. The memorial will be submitted to the Jewish Memorial Center in the English
    language.

3. The submitted text will not be edited. It is recommended to spell check the
    text.

4. JMC is not responsible and will not be liable for the contents of the submitted
    memorials.

5. Memorials will not be accepted if their content will contain entries that may be
    offensive, controversial, or refer to any of the following subjects:

a. Opinions about others.
b. Political opinions.
c. Opinions about religions, countries, people, ethnic groups, entities &
    institutions.
d. Racial expressions.
e. Sexual subjects.
f. Illegal or controversial subjects.
g. Commemorators that will send in a Self-prepared Memorial will need to be fully
    identified.

6. JMC saves the right to deny any memorial requested, with no need to explain
    its reasons.

7. JMC will not accept memorials of people who were convicted or proven to
    commit any of the following crimes:

    Political or ideological assassination.
    Collaboration with the Nazis and their collaborators.
    Genocide.
 

Design:

The respectability of the web pages in this kind of web site, dictates a strict and uniform design. Therefore it is possible to select memorial designs only from the described plans.
 

Complaints:

1. Complaints will be accepted only from people who are entitled to commemorate
    according to the JMC’s policy.
 

2. Since there is every intention to prevent any kind of aggravation or sorrow, a
    memorial will be changed into a Basic Memorial without text (as soon as
    possible), whenever
    a complaint is received concerning a memorial’s content.

3. When receiving a complaint concerning the accuracy of a Basic Memorial, the
    memorial will be removed (as soon as possible) until details are cleared up.

4. JMC will notify the creator of a memorial (as soon as possible via
    E-mail), about any complaint received. The creator commits hereby to respond
    of every notice within 30 days.

5. If the creator of a memorial, and a person lodging a complaint, do not reach an
    agreement on the memorial’s content within 30 extra days, the memorial will
    appear constantly in the JMC only in the Basic Memorial version (without text).

There will be no refunds in this case.

Agreements must be sent to JMC mutually.

JMC will not save or backup material after more then 90 days.

Reassignment of a memorial after 60 days will be at an additional cost, and all material may need to be submitted again.

6. If the creator of a memorial and the person lodging the complaint do not reach
    an agreement on the memorial’s accuracy, within 30 extra days, the memorial
    will be removed from the JMC’s web site.

There will be no refunds in this case.

Agreements must be sent to JMC mutually.

JMC will not save or backup material after more then 90 days.

Reassignment of a memorial after 60 days will be at an additional cost, and all material may be need to be submitted again.

7. It is understood that JMC has no obligation to read the memorials submitted.
    However, it is agreed that a memorial that will include improper content will be
    changed immediately into the Basic Memorial.

There will be no refunds in this case.

JMC will not save or backup material after more then 90 days.

Reassignment of a memorial after 60 days will be with an additional cost, and all material may be need to be submitted again.
 

Cancellations:

There will be no refunds when canceling a memorial.
 

If you disagree with our policy, or any of the content of this site, you are kindly requested to leave the site.