Hebrew Cemetery of Richmond
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The Hebrew Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
, also known as Hebrew Burying Ground, dates from 1816. This Jewish cemetery
, one of the oldest in the United States
, was founded in 1816 as successor to the 1789 Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789. Among those interred here are Josephine Cohen Joel, who was well known in the early 20th century as the founder of Richmond Art Co. Within Hebrew Cemetery is a plot known as the Soldier's Section. It contains the graves of 30 Jewish Confederate soldiers who died in or near Richmond.
It is the only Jewish military cemetery outside of the State of Israel.
Located at Fourth and Hospital Streets on historic Shockoe Hill
, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2006.
The cemetery is maintained by Congregation Beth Ahabah
, a Reform congregation founded in Richmond in 1789.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, also known as Hebrew Burying Ground, dates from 1816. This Jewish cemetery
Jewish cemetery
A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where members of the Jewish faith are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition....
, one of the oldest in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, was founded in 1816 as successor to the 1789 Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789. Among those interred here are Josephine Cohen Joel, who was well known in the early 20th century as the founder of Richmond Art Co. Within Hebrew Cemetery is a plot known as the Soldier's Section. It contains the graves of 30 Jewish Confederate soldiers who died in or near Richmond.
It is the only Jewish military cemetery outside of the State of Israel.
Shockoe Hill
Shockoe Hill is one of several hills on which much of the oldest portion of the City of Richmond, Virginia, U.S., was built. It extends from the downtown area, including where the state capitol complex sits, north almost a mile to a point where the hill falls off sharply to the winding path of...
, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2006.
The cemetery is maintained by Congregation Beth Ahabah
Congregation Beth Ahabah
Beth Ahabah is a Reform synagogue in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1789 by Spanish and Portuguese Jews as Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome it is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States.-History:When the congregation was founded, there were 100 Jews in Richmond's population of 3,900...
, a Reform congregation founded in Richmond in 1789.