Anshe Emet Synagogue

Anshe Emet Funeral Plan

Anshe Emet’s Funeral Plan is a benefit available to all members and their parents, siblings, spouses, partners and children.

The Anshe Emet Plan is available from:

Be sure to let the funeral director know that you want the Anshe Emet Basic Plan. (Please note: older and/or out-of-state prepaid insurance plans may be transferable to any of our funeral directors.)

The funeral director will meet with the family to finalize arrangements and only a few decisions remain:

    • Text of the published death notice
    • Location of the service (Anshe Emet, funeral home, graveside or elsewhere)
    • Place of burial is determined by site of cemetery plot
Funeral Plan Includes: Funeral Plan Does NOT Include: 
  • Transfer of the deceased to the funeral home
  • Ritual washing, tahara, provided by Anshe Emet’s Chevra Kadisha in the OSHA certified funeral home facility
  • Burial garments, tachrichim
  • Tallit (if not provided by family)
  • Traditional all wood casket with Star of David
  • Jerusalem soil
  • Transportation of casket to local burial site
  • Register Book
  • Filing of government forms (Social Security, Veterans Benefits)
  • Shiva package: mourning ribbons, head coverings (kippot), prayer books for home service, memorial candle and acknowledgment cards
  • Funeral service at Anshe Emet, funeral home or graveside
  • Cost of the cemetery plot
  • Cost of grave opening/closing at time of funeral
  • Outer burial container
  • Certificates of Death
  • Publication of Death Notices
  • Cost of attendant, shomer, to stay with deceased prior to funeral if requested
  • Sales tax on casket and outer burial container
  • Optional honorarium for Clergy
  • Limousines to transport family and designated mourners to service and/or graveside

Anshe Emet Member Basic Funeral Plan Costs
Effective 1/1/2026

 

Anshe Emet
Plan with Goldman Funeral
Group and Chicago Jewish Funeral

General Price
List (No Plan)
  Services$5,125$5,220
  Casket (Hamul)$4,100$4,500
  Total Plan$9,225$9,720

To Pre-Plan or Pre-Pay*

The Goldman Funeral Group
Irwin Goldman
Benjamin Goldman
847-478-1600
goldmanfunerals@gmail.com
www.goldmanfuneralgroup.com		Shalom Memorial
Mindy Moline Botbol
847-867-7972 or 847-255-3520
mbotbol@shalom2.com
www.shalom2.com		Chicago Jewish Funerals
Susan Winkelstein
847-229-8822
susan@chicagojewishfunerals.com
www.chicagojewishfunerals.com

*Pre-payment guarantees rates

 

Make an appointment with Clergy

To make an appointment with AES clergy
contact Chaim Tempest at
ctempesco@ansheemet.org / 773.868.5125