Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

Monument in Hebrew at the Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Interactive map of Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Details
Established1856
Closed1891
Location
Second Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°13′17″N 121°03′25″W / 39.22149°N 121.05685°W / 39.22149; -121.05685
TypeJewish
Owned byHebrew Benevolent Society of Grass Valley,
Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West
No. of graves22–30
Find a GraveGrass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Graves at the Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Sign at the Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, also known as Shaar Zedek (English: Gate of Righteousness) is a no longer active Jewish pioneer cemetery founded in 1856 by the Hebrew Benevolent of Society of Grass Valley, and is located in Grass Valley, California, U.S.[1] The last burial happened in 1891.[2] It is a private site operated by the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West and is not open to the public.[2]

Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376622.
  2. 1 2 "Grass Valley". Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  3. ↑ Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Hoover, Mildred Brooke (1966). Abeloe, William N. (ed.). Historical Spots in California (3 ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 487. ISBN 9780804700795.
  4. ↑ Friedmann, Jonathan L. (2020). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23, 55. ISBN 9781439669426.