Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS)

The Jewish Joint Burial Society is the shared burial scheme used by many Reform, Liberal, and Masorti synagogues in the UK. Membership is automatic for synagogue members and the synagogue pays an annual fee on their behalf. JJBS covers the standard funeral costs set out in its scheme, including undertakers, bearers, transport, tahara, plain coffin and shroud, and cemetery or cremation fees where applicable. The headstone is separate. [source: jjbs/home-2026-05-02.html]

JJBS operates its own cemetery facilities and works alongside synagogue chevra kadisha groups for the religious side of body preparation. Liberal Judaism, in particular, makes a point of accommodating mixed-faith couples — Liberal cemeteries often allow burial of non-Jewish partners alongside Jewish family members — and the JJBS scheme is set up to handle this.

For a non-Orthodox UK Jewish family, the first call after a death is usually the synagogue, which then activates JJBS.

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Last verified: 2 May 2026 against jjbs.org.uk.