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1840
Willet Street Cemetery
1,500+ burials
(sometimes spelled
Willett)
Cleveland's first Jewish cemetery consists of one
acre on the near west side of Cleveland bought in
1840 by The Israelitic Society (later Anshe Chesed),
and an adjacent half-acre bought by Tifereth Israel
in 1854. The address today is 2254 Fulton Road.
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Now owned by
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1865
Fir
Street Cemetery
850 burials Cleveland's second
oldest Jewish cemetery. Located on Cleveland's west side, at Fir
Avenue and West 65th Street, it has three
sections:
● east (near West 58th) Heights Jewish Center
● center Hungarian Aid Society
● west (near West 61st) Anshe Emeth (Park Synagogue)
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1875 Glenville
Cemetery Cleveland's
third
oldest Jewish cemetery. Owned by B'nai Jeshurun Congregation
(Conservative). Located in Glenville, then a village, which
became part of Cleveland in 1905. Its two acres cost $1,250.
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1887
Mayfield Cemetery
10,500 burials At
2749 Mayfield Road, then in East Cleveland Township. (Cleveland
Heights had not yet been formed.) Bought by Reform congregation
Tifereth Israel. Now part of United Jewish Cemeteries.
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1890
United Jewish
Cemeteries
The two two oldest congregations, Anshe Chesed and Tifereth Israel,
combine their three cemeteries to form United Jewish
Cemeteries, which continues to operate today.
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