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This section will devote a page or more to each
of Cleveland's oldest Jewish cemeteries.
For a list of Jewish cemeteries in
Greater Cleveland, see the
cemeteries page on the
website of the
Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland.
There is also a list in
the
Life Cycle section of The Source, a Cleveland Jewish
News publication.
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1840
Willet Street Cemetery
1,500+ burials
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 1850. The address today is 2254 Fulton Road.
view
map Willet Street
Cemetery is owned by
United Jewish Cemeteries, which also owns Mayfield
Cemetery. learn more
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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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1887
Mayfield Cemetery
10,500 burials At
2749 Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights. Owned by United Jewish
Cemeteries, which is owned by Reform congregations Anshe Chesed
Fairmount Temple and The Temple-Tifereth Israel.
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