A group of concerned citizens with roots in the Jewish community of Middlesex County formed Friends for Preservation of Middlesex County Jewish Cemeteries, Inc., as a new nonprofit organization, incorporated in  February 2005, to restore and maintain the Jewish cemeteries owned by Congregation Shaarey Tefiloh in Perth Amboy, NJ.  The organizers united because they shared a concern for the future of these historic cemeteries and a realization that past perpetual care funds had become insufficient to provide necessary maintenance forever.  These Middlesex County Jewish cemeteries represent the final resting place for members of the Jewish community of yesteryear, including former community leaders, relatives and friends of the organizers of this group, and many who left no survivors.

Insufficient funding for long-term maintenance is a common problem that many cemeteries face.  However, most relatives of those buried at these cemeteries have been eager to honor the memories of the deceased with both immediate and long-term plans to enhance the beauty and dignity of these final resting places.  Most people have viewed this as much more than a fundraising project.  They have seen it, instead, as a wonderful opportunity to renew old friendships, to remember our heritage, and to honor the memory of our loved ones.  

This organization has enabled people to come together as a community for the community.  Those with roots in the Jewish community of Middlesex County have united to honor those who devoted their lives to the Jewish community of yesteryear.