Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey
PO Box 708
West Paterson, NJ 07424
(973) 785-9119

Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest
Jennifer McGillan
Archivist
901 Route 10 East
Whippany, NJ 07981-1156
PH: 973-929-2995 FAX: 973-428-8237
JMcGillan@JHSMW.ORG

Trenton Jewish Historical Society
c/o Selma Litowitz
282 Glenn Avenue
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 883-0251

Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey
c/o Rachel Weintraub
228 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 249-4894

• Chevra Kadisha of Alliance: #13200 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield, arosen@ee.net

• Chesed Shelanes: owned by Sons of Israel Congregation

• Bay. Prog. Aid Assn:
• Bay. Hebr Benev Assn:
• Baron Hirsch:

• Beth El Cemetery: #13110
• Mount Moriah Cemetery Jewish: #13130
• New Mount Zion: #13132
• Riverside Cemetery: #13133
• Sanctuary of Abraham and Sara h: #13137
• Arlington Jewish: North Arlington 07032 (Bergen County). Source: Susan swalski@panix.com . Belleville Turnpike, 201-373-0144. Contact: Sanford B. Epstein, Inc., 308 Grove St., Newark, NJ 07103.
  

  Burial Society or Synagogue Using the Cemetery	Source of Info. and Address
  Beth Hamedres Hagadol	.
  Cong. Adas Emung	254 Broad Ave., Leonia, NJ 07605
  Cong. Agudath Sholom	2454 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ
  Cong. Ahavath Zion	421 Boydon Ave., Maplewood,NJ 07040
  Cong. Beth Jacob*	.
  Cong. Bnai Israel	780 Kearny Ave., Kearny, NJ 07032
  Dashover - Kadima	.
  Glubnoker Benevolent Assn.	.
  Hebrew Barbers Benev. Assn.	77 Burnside Ave., Bronx, NY
  Hebrew Free Burial	.
  Hymns & Psalms	.
  Independent Eisenery KUV	.
  Jack Korn	.
  Jersey City Heb. Benev. Assn.	.
  Jewish War Veterans	Wilner Young Men KUV

• Bordentown Cemetery: {10791} Jewish section; 210 Crosswicks Street; (609-298-0605) Section affiliated with Congregation B'nai Abraham, 58 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, New Jersey, founded 1917. List of six names as of November 1, 1996. Source: Julian H. Preisler, jhp1963@yahoo.com

• Somerville Jewish Cemetery: Chevra Kadisha, Temple Sholom, 594 N. Bridge Street, Bridgewater, NJ, 08876-2199 has map and list of burials. Source: Melody Amsel melodya@inter.net.il

• Evergreen Cemetery: Located at Ferry and Mt. Ephraim Avenues on the south side of Mt. Ephraim Avenue. Evergreen Cemetery's telephone has been disconnected. Mail is being forwarded to the State of New Jersey.
• Harleigh Cemetery: Harleigh Cemetery has or had Jewish funerals. This still active cemetery is about a mile north of the New Camden Cemetery.
• New Camden Cemetery: Ferry & Mt. Ephraim Avenue on the north side of the street. (856) 667-9700. Records are (or were) held by Fred Kaufman (609-667-6368). Source of burial organizations from Lynn Jefferies, Board Member, Camden County Historical Society. Source: Aaron Roetenberg: aaron@yrkpa.kias.com :

  Ahav Zedak

  Camden City Lodge, #114

  Chevrah Gamel Areth

  Chevrah Gomel Chesed

  Congregation Beth El

  Congregation Sons of Israel

  Congregation Atath Israel

  Isaac Cohen Lodge

  Morris Cohen Lodge, #69

  New Jersey Lodge. #90

  Progress Lodge, #46

  Society of True Benevolence

  Society of Dispensers Lodge

  Sons of Abraham

  Workmen's Circle

• Old Camden Cemetery: The cemetery is on Mt. Ephraim Avenue about two miles from the new Camden Cemetery. The City of Camden holds the records for the old Camden Cemetery. Source Jerome Emdur; jemdur@snip.net .

• Carmel Chevra Kadish:
• Chesed Shell Emeth Cemetery: {10541}

• Beth Israel Cemetery:

• Crescent Burial Park: (Platt Memorial Chapels Inc); 2001 Haddonfield-Berlin Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Contact: Garry J. Miller, Vice President of Crescent Burial Park, 215-752-7113; e-mail: Miller7113@aol.com . Crescent Burial Park is #13174 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield, arosen@ee.net .
  Directions:
  1) 295 North to exit 36B (Rt 73 N. to Rt 130 South; Rt 130 S. to cemetery entrance at intersection of Rt 130 S and Union Avenue
  2) From Northeast Philadelphia. Take Tacony Palmyra Bridge into New Jersey. Take Route 73 South to Route 130 South. Follow Route 130 South to cemetery. (Entrance on right side)
  3) From Center City Philadelphia. Take Benjamin Franklin Bridge to NJ, continue on Admiral Wilson Blvd. to Route 130 North. Take Route 130 North to cemetery; source: JGSP
  
• Jewish Rest Cemetery: State/County PIPS Code 05103, Topographic Map Name: Camden; Map Reference Code 33092-E7; Geographic Coordinates: 333539N0925006W; Record Entry Date: 9210; Biblio. Ref. Code: AR-M16 Source: National Geographic Names Data Base. Aubmitted by Herbert Unger (deceased)
• Locustwood Cemetery: 1500 Route 70 West, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002; 856-429-0500 and 856-963-2122

• B'nai Jeshurin Jewish Cemetery: Congregation B'nai Jeshurun of Franklin Lakes, formerly Paterson. In the mid-1800s, Jews in Paterson formed B'nai Jeshurun and acquired land for a burial plot. When theu opened Mount Nebo Cemetery in Totowa, they stopped using the Clifton cemetery. This small private cemetery can only be accessed by way of a private residence. The main entrance is off the rear yard of a home on the cul-de-sac of Homestead Street. The site is in great disrepair. The majority of names listed belong to the Simon family, Moses Simon being the founder of the first synagogue in the area. NY Channel 7 Eyewitness News on Monday December 14, 199_ had a story about the abandoned cemetery with the hopes of getting funding to repair the headstones and tidy up the grounds, giving this family the proper recognition they deserve. The cemetery was established in 1847 when congregation was located in Paterson. Only two 1800's headstones are visible at this writing One is Reuban Simon, the other all in Hebrew. Approximately 20 burials. Possibly Barnert Memorial Temple in Franklin Lakes, N.J. may have more information as they contemplated restoring the grounds. Source: Mrs. Carole Patti; e-mail: EroSweet@aol.com .      Newspaper article: http://www.bergen.com/psouth/gravesjc199908205.htm : Tiny graveyard (50x100'), off View Place in the Albion section near Valley Road, is being restored by members of B'nai Jeshurun. "The 152-year-old burial ground is believed to be the oldest organized Jewish cemetery in New Jersey. It is the resting place for some of the area's first Jewish residents." [citation: John Chadwick, August 20, 1999, Bergen Record ]. Franklin Lakes resident Mitchell Knapp, donated the use of his landscaping company, Scenic Landscaping of Wanaque, and paid for removing diseased trees and disposing of the debris in 1998. Additional stones were found during the cleanup. Some have English inscriptions: family names of Goodhorn and Rosenstein. Clifton public works crew cleaned site in 1999. Congregation plans full restoration.
• King Solomon Cemetery: see West Ridgelawn Cemetery
• Menorah Cemetery: aka East Ridgelawn Cemetery : Riverside Memorial Chapel Directors
  DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.: Lincoln Tunnel to Route 3 West to Exit 7 Passaic Avenue. Turn right to corner (Allwood Rd). Turn left and go to end. Turn right to cemetery. Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors DIRECTIONS: Long Island Expressway (495) west to Grand Central Parkway North to Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway to George Washington Bridge to Route 80 (local exits) to Route 17 South to Route 3 west to Nutley-Passaic Avenue Exit. Left at traffic light to cemetery. Small-medium size cemetery. Source: Judith Salomon, 12 Thrumont Rd. West Caldwell, NJ 07006.
  Organizations and families that have sections:
  

  Adjutorol Bukares...	Manhattan Lodge
  Ahavas Israel (Passaic Park Jewish Center)	Pashlet Rothmel
  Boro Br #14	Rudbart
  Camkpel	Sec 4, B1 B
  Clifton Jewish Center	Section 5, B1 A
  Cong. Cuzidien Faith	Section 5, B1 B
  Cong. Tifereth Israel	Sec 6, B1 B
  Court Montefiore	Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood
  First Ohel	Star of David
  First Rezeena	Star of Jacob, Cong. Chevra
  Jewish League of Caldwell	Temple B'nai Zion (Bloomfield)
  Krantz Fand	Thilim Tifereth Israel
  Lewis Gerber	Workmen's Circle
  Lustig Glickstein	Zemel Family

• West Ridgelawn Cemetery: Dwas Line and Allwood Roads . Directions are the same as for East Ridgelawn Cemetery, except once on Allwood Rd make a right on Dwas Line Rd. The entrance is not far on the left. P.O. Box 1041, Clifton, NJ 07014-1041 (201-473-5646); a.k.a. King Solomon

• Congregation Anshe Emeth Cemetery Annex: {10261} see South River
• Degel Yehudo Cemetery: (Floral Park) Route 130; Rhode Hall Rd, 732-297-2336 (Route 130)
  Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.:
       Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey Turnpike (95) South to Exit 8A, make right towards Cranberry. Travel 1.5 miles to route 130. Make right on 130, go 3.5 miles to Oaklawn Memorial park Cemetery. Continue through cemetery to Floral Park.
  Sinai Chapels Funeral DIRECTIONS:
       Long Island Expressway (495) west to College Point Blvd. Left turn at traffic light under Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expway. (678) South to Belt Pkwy (west) to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island Expressway to Goethals Bridge to NJ Turnpike (South) to exit 8A. After toll booth, bear right to second traffic light (route 130) turn right North, 3 miles to Oak Lawn Cemetery. Go into Oak Lawn Cemetery to Floral Park Cemetery Section.
• New Washington: (201) 279-2336.
  Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.:
       Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey Turnpike (95) South to Exit 8A, make right towards Cranberry. Travel 1.5 miles to route 130. Make right on 130, go 3.5 miles to Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Continue through cemetery to Floral Park.
  Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions:
       Long Island Expressway (495) west to College Point Blvd. Left turn at traffic light under Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway. (678) South to Belt Pkwy (west) to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island Expressway to Goethals Bridge to NJ Tnpke (South) to exit 8A. After toll booth, bear right to second traffic light (route 130) turn right North, 3 miles to Oak Lawn Cemetery. Go into Oak Lawn Cemetery to Floral Park Cemetery Section. Washington: Rhode Hall Rd, 201-297-2336
  The Workmen's Circle Inc.: (908)-297-2336; 45 E 33rd St., NY 10016, (212) 532-1001; fax (212) 532-1573 has a lists of their members buried here. Source: Faith Weinberg, Asst. Director, Member Benefits

• Mount Sinai:

• Beth Abraham: Cranbury Rd, 201-257-7460; (off route 130)
• Congregation Anshe Emeth: {10260} see SOUTH RIVER and DEANS

• Ahavas Aharon Cemetery: At the rear of Beth Israel Cemetery, Egg Harbor (synagogue 609-641-3600) is this tiny old and small Orthodox cemetery. There are no records of individual Ahavas Aharon deaths nor a cemetery plot map. Long Brothers Monument Company [Atlantic City, Attn: Lee (609-641-1111)] is very helpful with information on Ahavas Aharon Cemetery. Beth Kehillah Cemetery [Egg Harbor, Attn: Michael Golden (609-641-3946)] eventually identified the ground. Apparently, Beth Israel's cemetery records do not include Ahavas Aharon Cemetery. Source: James H. Gross, Cherry Hill, N.J., larklane@juno.com
• Old Belcoville Cemetery: Was relocated next to Rodef Shalom Cemetery, Egg Harbor (609-345-4580). One large monument contains the names of those reinterred there. There are no records of individual deaths or a cemetery plot map. Source: James H. Gross, Cherry Hill, N.J., larklane@juno.com

• B'nai Israel: 1 acre. Office 140 1st St. Elizbeth, NJ; Sup't. Morris Koestler. Reached by Penn. RR. Newark and Elizabeth trolley
• Bnai Jeshurun Cemetery: {10302} Lower Road. On North Broad Street, at the end of Evergreen Cemetery, turn onto Lower Road. The gate is on the left, at the end of the street. Contact: Temple Bnai Jeshurun, 1025 South Orange Avenue, Short Hills, NJ 07078. Used by Temple Bnai Jeshurun. Source: office: Temple Bnai Jeshurun
• Elizabeth Jewish Cemetery: ?
• Evergreen Cemetery: Mendelssohn Burial Society {10378}.
• Nak Lane:

• Jewish population in 1919 was 99 with unnamed cemetery listed in "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• Ewing Cemetery:

• Mt. Moriah: 655 Fairview Avenue, Fairview NJ 07022; 201-943-6163 (just north of North Bergen off of Tonnelle Avenue). Cemetery burials are indexed and computerized. Flowers are permitted.The active Reform and Reconstructionist cemetery location is urban on a hillside and separate, but near other cemeteries. A sign in English and Hebrew reads as follows: Moriah Cemetery. Reached by turning directly off a public road, access is open to all via a continuous masonry wall and a locking gate. The 20th and 21st century gravestones are marble, granite, and limestone memorial markers are rough stones or boulders; flat, shaped stones; flat stones with carved relief decoration; double tombstones; sculpted monuments; multi-stone monuments; and horizontally set stones with English, Hebrew, and Yiddish inscriptions. The present owner of the frequently visited Jewish cemetery property is the municipality. Properties adjacent are residential and other cemeteries. Past maintenance includes cleaning stones, clearing vegetation, and repairing wall. Structures within the limits of the cemetery, include a chapel, a caretaker's residence, and a pre-burial house with a tahara and a catafalque. The vegetation overgrowth in the cemetery is not a problem Water drainage at the cemetery is good all year. Irene Kudish at impromptus2002@yahoo.com completed this survey in 2006. Other documentation exists but was inaccessible She visited the site in Summer 2005. [June 2006]
  Directions:
       From Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.: West Side Highway North to Henry Hudson Parkway to George Washington Bridge, to Route 46 West to Route 1 & 9 South. Look for the Look for the "FAIRVIEW AVENUE, ALL TURNS FROM THE RIGHT LANE" straight uphill to cemetery.
       From Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors DIRECTIONS: Long Island Expressway (495) west to Grand Central Parkway North to Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway to George Washington Bridge to Route 1 & 9 South. At Fairview Ave., follow sign directions for left turn on Fairview Ave and proceed to cemetery.
       The Workmen's Circle Inc.: (908)-297-2336; 45 E 33rd St., NY 10016, (212) 532-1001; fax (212) 532-1573 has a lists of their members buried here. Source: Faith Weinberg, Asst. Director, Member Benefits

• Fair Lawn Cemetery:
• Midland Avenue Cemetery: on Midland Ave, South of Broadway (Route 4). This cemetery still functions but has change names so many times that Midland Avenue is what its now referred to. It is on the western side of the street about .5 mile south of Broadway and north of the Garden State Parkway. Source: Stephen A. Cohen. gen@optonline.net [21 November 2000]

• Cong. Agudath Achim: The synagogue probably owns the cemetery since the name on the gate is Cong. Agudath Achim. No societies are involved except possibly Freehold Hebrew Benefit Society. This small, very well kept cemetery has about 200 or so monuments. It is on Route 33 West, just past the turn to Freehold Raceway and opposite the Freehold Shopping Mall.

• Bnai Israel:

• 1919 Jewish population was 36 with cemetery listed according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• 1919 Jewish population was 1000 with cemetery listed according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• Congregation Sons of Israel: Between the towns of Monroe and Hamburg. This beautiful and well-maintained site is located among rolling hills, bordered on two sides by a stone fence and on two sides open to the Christian cemetery known as Old North Church Cemetery. The land for this cemetery was donated by Harry Fischgrund to the Congregation Sons of Israel in Franklin Boro, probably between 1925 and 1930. The iron gate with Star of David was fabricated by my grandfather, Joseph Platzner, who was Harry Fishgrund's father-in-law. Colonel (USA Rtd) Harold Sidney Fischgrund, Harry Fischgrund's son, gave this information. Marty Platzner; e-mail: platzner@erols.com

• Ahavat Joseph Congregational Cemetery: {10533} see Paterson

• Evergreen Cemetery: 1137 North Broad Street. (non-sectarian cemetery) Contacts and source of information: Temple Bnai Jeshurun, 1025 South Orange Avenue, Short Hills, NJ 07078 and Evergreen Cemetery, Burial society or synagogue: Mendelssohn Burial Society {10303} started 1850.
• Old Bnai Jeshurun: {10379}
• Oheb Shalom Cemetery: 1321 North Broad Street; Contact: Congregation Oheb Shalom, 170 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ 0707. Burial Society: Congregation Oheb Shalom started about 1900.

• Kehillah of Hoboken:
• Hoboken Cemetery: 5500 Tonnelle Ave, Union City, NJ, 201-867-0635

• Union Field - B'nai Abraham Cemetery: See Newark. Union Field Cemetery is in Irvington, but access is in Newark.)

• Mount Lebanon Cemetery: Gill Lane, 201-283-1010; P. O. Box 135; (zip) 08830-0135; contact Mt. Lebanon Cemetery Customer Service, P.O. Box 135, 908-283-1010. Source: Janet Lavine, bklab@orthanc.sc.clarkson.edu .      UPDATE: I went to the cemetery to do a survey of the IOOF section for the JOWBR (now the JOWBR - ed note) and have a copy of their Visitor's Guide. I went by train from NYC Penn Station to Metropark and took about a 15 minute walk to the cemetery. The train ride lasts about 40 minutes so, in total less, than 1 hour from NYC by train. Also, the current phone number is 732-283-1010. Source: Al Wirtzbaum, nycityal@erols.com [October 2000]
• New Mt. Lebanon:
       Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.: Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey Turnpike (95) South to Exit 13, Elizabeth to Route 1 & 9 South, to Route 1 South, TURN RIGHT from Route 1 South, onto Gill Lane, straight to cemetery.
       Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions: Long Island Expressway (495) west to College Point Blvd. Left at traffic light under expressway to Van Wyck Expressway (678) South to Belt Parkway (west) to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island Expressway to Goethals Bridge to Routes 1 & 9. Take Gill Lane Exit. Turn right to cemetery. Source: Susan swalski@panix.com [email bounced October 2000].

• Bay Cemetery: Jewish Section in NY: Garfield Avenue.

• Beth David Memorial Park: Kenelwork Blvd. (201) (908-245-7100); now handled by Sanford B. Epstein, Inc., 308 Grove St., Newark, NJ 07103.

• Beth Olam Memorial Park:
• Mount Sinai Cemetery: Seventh St. Source: Janet Lavine, bklab@orthanc.sc.clarkson.edu .

• Rosehill Cemetery: US Route 1. Jewish Section in rear

• New Mt. Zion Cemetery: (Part of Hillside Cemetery), Orient Way. Route 3 to Route 17 exit, turn onto Orient Way to the third gate (last one) on the left. (Contact: Hillside Cemetery, Rutherford Avenue, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071)
       Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions: Long Island Expressway (495) west to Grand Central Parkway North to Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway (Bronx) to George Washington Bridge to Route 80 West (local exits) to Route 17 South (Ridge Rd) to 2nd traffic light. Yurn left onto 2nd Ave. Follow to Orient Way; turn left to cemetery. Burial societies and synagogues using New Mt. Zion:

  Abraham David & Deboran Press Family Circle	Atman Family Circle; started 1921	American Brotherly Aid Ass'n, Inc.
  Bialer Benevolent Soc. (Incl. Bialer Ladies Soc.); started 1913	Cheura Nedresh Anshei Schnadove	Cong. Nachlas Zwei Bnai Yitzchock; started 1913
  Dolhinover Young Men's B & E Assn.; started 1900	Erste Bagel Bagers Sick Ben. Society	Erste Oesterreicher K.U.V.; started 1891
  Evans Family	First Ind Securaner Relief Ben. Assn.	Hercules Lodge - 765
  Ind. East River Ben Society, Inc.	Ind. Nashelsker Aid Society; started 1903	Isaac Beinstock Family Circle
  Joseph N. Braff Lodge	Knights of Pythias	Kolboshower Teitelbaum Cong. Bnai Chaim MA, RU
  Manchester Welfare League, Inc.; started 1918	Newark Ozeraner Society; started 1938	New York Social Club, Inc.; started 1939
  Prog. Kossower Ben. Society	Rzeszower Korczner Cong.1886	Society of Hosht (2 Sections) started; started 1920
  Warschaur - SSS- Bnai Israel; started 1900	Wasilishker Ben. Society; started 1903	Wiazener Ben. Society; started 1915

  
  

• Temple Emeth Shalom Cemetery: 8501 Ventnor Ave.; 822-4322

• Beth Abraham Cemetery: #13313
• Beth Israel Cemetery: #13314
• New Mount Lebanon Cemetery: #13333

• Floral Park Cemetery: 908-297-2336 [June 2002]
       1st Solotwiner Sick & Ben. Soc. {10946} Block D (27 names). Source: Ada Greenblatt; ada.Greenblatt@postoffice.worldnet.att.net .
       First Chevre Zoliner (a.k.a. Zoliner Chevra, founded 1901) owns three plots in three area cemeteries. All three locations have informational posts at the gate. The other locations are Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens and Mount Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens. Location: Block B (Turn left at cemetery office onto "Jaffa Avenue." Approx. 100-150 yards from office). Source: Michael A. Miller; e-mail: mamnys@aol.com

• Temple Shaaray Tefilo-Israel Cemetery:
• Sharey Tefilo Cemetery: 432 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ, opposite intersection of Brooklawn Road. Jewish section of the non-Jewish Rosedale Cemetery of Orange & Montclair (Contact and source of information: Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, 432 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ 07079); started 1788.

• Forest Green Park Cemetery: The cemetery (at Texas Road, 732-591-1501) is active and landmarked. This Conservative cemetery's suburban location is on flat land and separate but near other cemeteries. The English sign blocked by three tree limbs reads: Beth Shalom of Forest Green Park Cemetery. The cemetery is reached by turned directly off a public road. Access is open to all. No wall, fence, or gate surrounds the cemetery. Low in-ground plaques mark graves. Other cemeteries adjoin the property. The cemetery is visited occasionally by private visitors. Additional information regarding this small, open Jewish cemetery must be obtained by telephone. There is no office on the premises although an office with a woman, who answers phone calls, exists somewhere locally. Current care is occasional clearing or cleaning by authorities. Vandalism, uncontrolled access, and weather erosion are a moderate threat. Vegetation in the cemetery is a seasonal problem. The survey was completed 10 Dec 1998 by Gil Benjamin, 7 McCue Road, Morganille, NJ 07751, email: JoanGil@worldnet.att.net
• Mt. Sinai of Marlboro Cemetery: 301 SR 79, (732) 970-9770 [January 2006]

• Beth Israel Cemetery: #13376 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net .

• Hebrew Cem Assn:

• Hebrew Jewish Cemetery:
• Mt. Freedom Cemetery:

• Agudith Achim Cemetery:

• 1919 Cemetery without name listed with Jewish population of 40 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld. There are two large sections of Jewish graves. Contact Congregation Etz Ahaim in Highland Park, NJ, 230 Denison Street, Highland Park, NJ for details. Elaine & Howard Rubin; e-mail: weaver51@teleport.com

• Cemetery listed in 1919 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• West Arlington Jewish: (see Bergen County also)
       Congregation Beth Jacob (Union City, N.J.) and Rochelle Park, Bergen County. Records, 1911-1984. Description: ca. 2.6 cubic ft. (9 boxes, 1 oversize folder). Notes: Orthodox Jewish congregation organized in West Hoboken (now part of Union City), Hudson County, New Jersey, in 1906 and incorporated the following year; bought the former First Presbyterian Church building in 1907 and subsequently converted it into a synagogue; purchased tracts in the West Arlington Cemetery in North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey (in 1918) and in Riverside Cemetery in Rochelle Park, Bergen County (in 1923), for resale to congregation members as burial plots; …organization begun about 1920,…; disbanded in 1986. …two deeds, 1933, …cemetery files, 1921-1970; Yizkor scroll memorial files, 1967-1970 … The cemetery files include deeds, 1918-1961, annotated maps of the Congregation's property at West Arlington Cemetery (undated) and at Riverside Cemetery (1922), a rendering of a cemetery gate, 1954, for Riverside Cemetery, requests for permits to erect monuments, 1961-1970, a record of (burial?) permits issued, 1967-1969, and miscellaneous other records, in part relating to cemetery maintenance. A few of the later items in the file pertain to land in the Arlington Jewish Cemetery in North Arlington. Acquired 1986. Finding aid available in the repository. Location: Congregation Beth Jacob, Union City, N.J. Records. MC 963. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Control No.: NJRV94-A16

• Elmwood Cemetery: Georges Road, North Brunswick, NJ 08901, 732-545-1445 (non-sectarian cemetery). The cemetery is located in the back of Evergreen Cemetery if entered from Georges Road. The main entrance to the cemetery is at the end of Commercial Avenue. To get to the site, take NJ 18 North from either US 1 or I-95 and turn left onto Commercial Avenue. The Jewish section, Ohav Emeth, is still active and has about 100 stones. The phone number for the cemetery is 732-545-1445. Source: Al Wirtzbaum at nycityal@erols.com who has names of the people listed on the gates as donors and listed on JewishGen Digest. [May 2001]

• Two cemeteries listed without names in 1919 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• Beth Abraham:
• Beth El Cemetery: Forest Ave. The phone number for Beth El is 201-261-7878. (P.O. Box 329, Westwood, NJ 07675) Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun: {10899} lots 1-4, 13-18 & south 25ft of 5 & 19, Block #23; sections 1-5 Click to see plot layout.
       Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.: West side Highway North to Henry Hudson Parkway to George Washington Bridge. Take Route 4 to Forest Avenue Exit. Turn right onto Forest Avenue and continue to Cemetery. Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions: Long Island Expressway (495) west to Grand Central Parkway North to Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway to George Washington Bridge to Route 4 to Forest Ave exit, right to cemetery. Follow directions.
       The Workmen's Circle Inc.: (201)-261-7878; 45 E 33rd St., NY 10016, (212) 532-1001. fax (212) 532-1573 has a lists of their members buried here. Source: Faith Weinberg, Asst. Director, Member Benefits
• Cedar Park: P.O.Box 329, Westwood NJ 07675; phone: 201 262-1100. Attention Herbert B. Klapper, President Board of Directors, Fidelity Cemetery Association of Bergen County, NJ.
       Riverside Memorial Chapel DIRECTIONS FROM N.Y.: West Side Highway North to Henry Hudson Parkway to George Washington Bridge. Take Route 4 to Forest Avenue Exit. Turn right onto Forest Avenue and continue to cemetery.
       Chevra Rodfei Zedek Anshei Ritova: {10999} (alternate name for Ritova Chevra) has 80 burials. The society is for the town of Ritavas, Lithuania. This society also has plots in Montefiore in Queens and one other place (not indexed yet). Source: Ada Greenblatt; ada.Greenblatt@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (correction by Sam Aaron March 2005) .
       The Workmen's Circle Inc.: (201)-262-1100; 45 E 33rd St., NY 10016, (212) 532-1001; fax (212) 532-1573 has a lists of their members buried here. Source: Faith Weinberg, Asst. Director, Member Benefits. note: Sanctuary of Abraham & Sarah: Forest Ave, 201-262-1128; part of Cedar Park. This cemetery has computerized their records on a computer but feels it is an invasion of privacy to give it to this project. If anyone has any influence there, please try to get the records. Source: Barbara; Algaze@aol.com

• King Solomon Memorial Park: #13427 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net .
• Menorah Cemetery: Passaic Avenue, see Clifton
• Passaic Junction Cemetery: Located at the end of Samson Street, near Market Street. The caretaker lives a few houses from the cemetery gates and has a handwritten journal that chronologically lists all burials dating from 1912. Her phone number is 201-843-3960. Source - JewishGen Digest.

• Ahavat Joseph Congregational Cemetery: {10533} Established in 1890 in Paterson, N.J., Ahavath Joseph merged with another congregation many years ago and relocated to another section of Paterson. The few remaining worshippers usually attend daily minyon at the Temple Emanuel. You might confer with Evan Stalbach. Martin Rittenberg collected names. Another 17 stones exist but were either illegible or written in Yiddish/Hebrew. Sources: Martin S. Rittenberg, Treasurer, Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey B'Nai Israel & Samuel and Raymond Whitzman at whitz@cam.org , 5785 McAlear Ave.,Cote St. Luc, Que, Canada H4W 2H3. He has part or most pictures.
• Cedar Lawn:
• Goffle Road:
• Mount Nebo: 1919 Jewish population was 15,000 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.
       Ind. United Jersey Verein:
       McBride Silk City Ben. Assoc.:
       McBride Water Street Shul:
       McBride Nathan & Miriam Barnert:

• Cemetery of Jewish Farmer:

• Pine Brook Jewish Cemetery: Windsor Drive. A small private cemetery for members only with 200-300 graves started about 1915. [active as of 1999] Congregation founded in 1896. Contact: Tom Peck 201-335-1726. Previous contact person is Merton Stein 201-575-6391. He knows a lot of history of the synagogue and the cemetery. Source: Judith Salomon, 12 Thrumont Rd. West Caldwell, NJ 07006

• Beth Mordecai: Florida Grove Rd., used by Temple Beth Mordecai, 24 High St.
• Hebrew Fraternity of Carteret: New Brunswick Ave., used by Cong. Shaarey Tefiloh, 15 Market St.
• Hebrew Fraternity of Perth Amboy: New Brunswick Ave., used by Cong. Shaarey Tefiloh
• Shaarey Tefiloh Cemetery: Florida Grove Rd., used by Cong. Shaarey Tefiloh

• Pine Brook Jewish Cemetery:

• Alliance Cemetery: aka Hewra Kadisha Cemetery, 970 Gershal Ave, Pittsgrove, NJ 08318. Alliance Cemetery Association: (856) 696-1520. 2000 Population: 8,893 (34% urban, 66% rural) Pittsgrove is a township in Salem County, in the Philadelphia-Camden metro area at 39.55N and -75.15W. Several communities in the township - Alliance, Brotmanville and Norma - were established for Jewish refugees from Poland and Russia. http://www.thecemeteryclub.com/featuredphotos.html has four photos. [February 2007]

• 2 Cemeteries listed without names in 1919 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• Jewish Cemetery aka Beth Kehillah Cemetery; aka Community Cemetery: 6687 Black Horse Pike, Pleasantville, New Jersey 08232. (609)641-3946 (This is a Cardif phone number.) Jewish cemetery for Atlantic City. Apparently, two side-by-side Jewish cemeteries merged into what is now called Jewish Cemetery; located on U.S. Route 40. Beth Kehillah Cemetery #13095 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net
• Rodeph Sholom Cemetery: Blackhorse Pike; 646-3480. There was "... considerable vandalism by teenage perpetrators have been identified and at least one is in custody. This is one of the cemeteries that serves the Atlantic City area." Source: Lois Sernoff at JGLois@aol.com supplied the information but has no further information. [26 February 2001 on JewishGen Digest] "This then is the second instance within about a month of vandalism of this cemetery. Approximately 35 tombstones were desecrated and overturned in this cemetery in mid-January ... the local papers quoted police as minimizing the anti-Semitic intent of the incident, calling it a 'youthful prank,' though the perpetrators had systematically broken into the cemetery's shed and used cemetery backhoe equipment to overturn tombstones." Source: Ellen Slotoroff Zyroff, La Jolla, California; mailto:ezyroff@hotmail.com [26 February 2001 on JewishGen Digest]

• Beth Israel Cemetery: Dr. Leonard Spialter, spialtel@dmapub.dma.org

• Mt. Carmel Cemetery: Dr. Leonard Spialter, spialtel@dmapub.dma.org

• Riverside Cemetery: P.O. Box 177, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 (201-843-7628) and/or 12 Market Street, Box 930, Saddle Brook, NJ 07662-0930, (201-843-7600), fax (201-843-5268 NOTE that the second address is for Block A Sections below - cemeteries are in two areas. Link to a complete list [ http://www.jgcemetery/usnjrivr.htm ] of all the sections. http://www.riversidecemetery.org includes cemetery map at http://www.riversidecemetery.org [November 2000]
       Congregation Beth Jacob (Union City, N.J.) and Rochelle Park, Bergen County. Records, 1911-1984. Description: ca. 2.6 cubic ft. (9 boxes, 1 oversize folder). Notes: Orthodox Jewish congregation organized in West Hoboken (now part of Union City), Hudson County, New Jersey, in 1906 and incorporated the following year; bought the former First Presbyterian Church building in 1907 and subsequently converted it into a synagogue; purchased tracts in the West Arlington Cemetery in North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey (in 1918) and in Riverside Cemetery in Rochelle Park, Bergen County (in 1923), for resale to congregation members as burial plots; …organization begun about 1920,…; disbanded in 1986. …two deeds, 1933, …cemetery files, 1921-1970; Yizkor scroll memorial files, 1967-1970 … The cemetery files include deeds, 1918-1961, annotated maps of the Congregation's property at West Arlington Cemetery (undated) and at Riverside Cemetery (1922), a rendering of a cemetery gate, 1954, for Riverside Cemetery, requests for permits to erect monuments, 1961-1970, a record of (burial?) permits issued, 1967-1969, and miscellaneous other records, in part relating to cemetery maintenance. A few of the later items in the file pertain to land in the Arlington Jewish Cemetery in North Arlington. Acquired 1986. Finding aid available in the repository. Location: Congregation Beth Jacob, Union City, N.J. Records. MC 963. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Control No.: NJRV94-A16 [December 2000]
  
• Midland Cong. Bnai Yeshurin: 125 acres; Office: 1400 5th Ave., NYC. Superintendent: E. Winer. Reached by Hudson River trolley from Fort Lee Ferry. Onward Society: source: Alma Cahn MSRS03B@prodigy.com another address: 12 Market Street; Saddlebrook NJ 07663; 201-843-7600 Source: Elias Savada (Elias@aol.com) says they photocopied some index cards with valuable information for him. Riverside Memorial Chapel: Directions from N.Y.: West side Highway North to Henry Hudson Parkway to George Washington Bridge to Route 80 (local lane) to Rochelle Park Lodi Exit6. Turn right to Essex Street. Turn left and make the first left under the overpass to cemetery. Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions: Long Island Expressway (495) west to Grand Central Parkway North to Triboro Bridge to Major Deegan Expressway (Bronx) to George Washington Bridge; to Route 80 (local exits) to Rochelle Park- Lodi exit. Turn right to Essex Street. Turn left on Essex Street and make first left under overpass to cemetery.

• Cemetery listed without name in 1919 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

• B'nai Israel- Ahavath Joseph: Midland Avenue. TTemple that manages cemetery: Congregation B'nai Israel-Ahavath Joseph, 561 Park Avenue Paterson, NJ 07504. Mailing address: PO Box 2325, Paterson, NJ 07509; 973-278-5366. Cemetery contact: Ida S. Ezorsky, Cemetery Chair, said to address requests to Congregation B'nai Israel-Ahavath Joseph, c/o Ida S. Ezorsky, 35 East 40th Street, Paterson, NJ 07514 Directions: Go west on Route 4 in Fair Lawn, NJ and turn left onto Midland Avenue. (The Highway Theater is on that left corner) Go for a little over one mile. The cemetery is on the right. The old part is tree and ivy covered-very beautiful. Source: Debbie Simon Schwartz; e-mail: dhsl@dnvr.uswest.net
       Workmen's Benev. Association Circle:
       (Dunde Lake Cem.), Chobot Lane Americus: Midland Ave.
  sections:
            Congregation Bnai Yeshurin: Midland Avenue
            Passaic Junction: Dewey St
            Temple Emanuel of Paterson, North Jersey
  
• Yavneh Cemetery: Midland Avenue

• Anshe Chesed:

• Cong. Tifereth Zion: (started 1953)
• Degel Yehudo Cemetery:
       Title: Herman G. Moselowitz-Josiah Tice surveying and civil engineering papers, 1886-ca. 1976. Description: Flat maps ca. 25 cubic ft. (10 map case drawers). Rolled maps ca. 50 cubic ft. (10 oversize containers). Remainder 46 cubic ft. (46 cartons). Notes: Herman G. Moselowitz: civil engineer and land surveyor who maintained his office in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; … Among the maps and client files of Herman G. Moselowitz are materials pertaining to several central New Jersey Jewish cemeteries (and their various subdivisions). Especially well documented is the Degel Yehudo Cemetery in South Brunswick. Acquired 1985. Portions (excluding most maps) stored offsite: advance notice required to consult collection. Finding aid available in the repository. Some items present only as copies …. Herman G. Moselowitz-Josiah Tice Surveying and Civil Engineering Papers. MC 1046. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Control No.: NJRV96-A16 [December 2000]
• Washington Cemetery:

• B'nai Israel Cemetery:

• Congregation Bnai Israel:

• A.M. White Lodge: Riverview Drive
• Mt. Nebo: 195 Totowa Avenue
• Mt. Nebo Cemetery - B'nai Jeshurun: founded 1866
• Stein-Joelson: Riverview Drive
• Water Street Shul:
• Ahavat Zedek:

• Adath Israel Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton Township, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ewing Township. Adath Israel Congregation was the first Conservative synagogue being organized in a meeting held September 30, 1923. Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. Telephone: 896-4977.
• Brith Sholem TCL 39: Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township.
• Brothers of Israel (Achainy B'nai Israel) Cemetery: Liberty and Vroom Streets, Trenton, New Jersey, and Cedar Lane, Hamilton Township. Brothers of Israel was the first Orthodox synagogue incorporated on May 28, 1883 but not fully established until May 14, 1886. In 1885 they laid out a burial ground on Liberty and Vroom Streets adjoining the Har Sinai Cemetery. In 1907 it was enlarged. The Vroom and Liberty Streets cemetery is fully enclosed with a wrought iron fencing with occasional brick/stone pediments. The name of the congregation is on the gate that is in the center fronting Vroom Street. No roadways for vehicles but there are paved walkways. Well kept but crowded. Medium to large stones, with many larger markers with long Yiddish inscriptions. In 1913, they established an auxiliary cemetery at Cedar Lane and Clover Avenue, in Hamilton Township. This spacious cemetery fronting on Cedar Lane has more recent burials. Brothers of Israel has been Conservative for many years. Cemetery records are maintained by Brothers of Israel, 499 Greenwood Avenue, Trenton. Telephone: 695-3479.
• Congregation of the People of Truth (Anshe Emes) Cemetery: Ridge Avenue and Cedar Lane, and Clover Section, further east on Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township. People of the Truth was the next Orthodox synagogue starting in the late 1880s or early 1890s, incorporated December 1891. In 1893, they established a cemetery near Cedar Lane, in Hamilton Township. The first cemetery at Ridge Avenue and Cedar Lane, fronting on Cedar Lane, has a locked vehicular gate, but no paved roads. The cemetery is surrounded by chain-linked fencing and is all grassy without walkways. Stones are newer and medium-size. The second cemetery further east and entered from Pitman Avenue is enclosed by a large wrought iron fence with a gate with Anshe Emet in Hebrew and a sign "People of Truth Cemetery Association-Clover Section" to the right of the gate. A single black-topped foot path goes through the center from front to rear. A grouping of trees is in the rear on the left. The stones are medium to large with the larger stones often having long Yiddish inscriptions. People of Truth is now merged into Poale Emet.
        People of Truth Clover Section on Cedar Lane has one Jewish burial (name unknown) in the Chambersburg section of Trenton. Source: Shari Myers e-mail: sharim@angelfire.com
        UPDATE: Arthur Sugerman questions Shari Myers ascertion about Jewish burials in Chambersburg, a primarily Italian area. [date?]
• Congregation Ahavath Israel Cemetery: two cemeteries on Pitman Avenue off Cedar Lane, and Ahavath Israel-Workman's Circle Br. 90 on Ridge Avenue, Hamilton Township. This Orthodox shul was incorporated in December 1909. The founders were mainly of Austro-Hungarian extraction. Ahavath Israel has been Conservative for many years. The two burial grounds with main entrances from Pitman Avenue cover the block over to Clover Avenue. There are also entrances on Clover Avenue. The two cemeteries are separated by the cemeteries for Workmen's Circle Br. #90 and Brith Shalom TCL 39 and Trenton Young Judea. A third burial ground Ahavath Israel-Workman's Circle Br. 90 is on Ridge Avenue. Ahavath Israel Congregation, 1130 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. Telephone: 882-3092.
• Congregation Workers of Truth (Poale Emet) Cemetery: Cedar Lane and Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township. This Orthodox shul was incorporated in 1919. A chain-linked fence surrounds cemetery, with no roads within. Congregation Workers of Truth, 832 West State, Trenton. Telephone: 396-2231.
• Ewing Cemetery/Crematorium: 78 Scotch Road, Ewing Township. Telephone: 882-0279.Har Sinai Section--Usual headstones of small to medium size. Young Judea Section-more recent burial ground.
• Fountain Lawn Memorial Park: #13296 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net .
• Fortitude Benevolent Association: Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township.
• Foutain Lawn Memorial Park: 545 Eggert Crossing Road, Ewing Township. Telephone: 882-7744. Non-sectarian with consecrated Jewish section. One black-topped road through center. Adath Israel Section is marked with engraved large gray marble obelisk. Dedicated in 1953. Flat grave markers only. Family plots. Hebrew Gardens--Non-denominational Jewish area.
        #13296 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net .
• Greenwood Cemetery: 1800 Hamilton Avenue, Hamilton Township. Telephone: 587-4993. Non-sectarian with consecrated Jewish section. Blacktopped roads. Well-maintained. No enclosures marking Jewish section. Adath Israel Section--Closer to Greenwood Avenue than Har Sinai's area. Flat markers, small markers and medium markers. Includes large family plots. Har Sinai Section--Very well kept with some imposing monuments and vaults.
• Har Sinai Cemetery: Vroom and Liberty Street, Trenton, and Ewing Cemetery, 78 Scotch Road, Ewing Township. Har Sinai was the first German synagogue starting around 1860 with services in German and Hebrew. The Har Sinai Cemetery Association was organized at a meeting held November 19, 1857, prior to the start of their first services. In that same year, a lot was purchased for burial purposes at the corner of Vroom and Liberty Streets, Trenton, New Jersey. Chevra Bikur Cholim was founded around 1876/1877 with Herman Rosenbaum as president. Har Sinai moved to a purpose-built building after 1904 and at that time officially became Reform. Har Sinai Temple, 491 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton. Telephone: 392-7143. The Vroom and Liberty Streets Har Sinai Cemetery has old small-sized stones (pre-1900) which are few in number with many illegible due to weathering and moss growth.
• Knights of Pythias: Clover Avenue off Cedar Lane, Hamilton Township. Cemetery is surrounded by chain-linked fence without any roads within. Area is grassy with flat, small and medium markers.
• Trenton Young Judea Association: Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township, and a more recent burial ground at Ewing Cemetery.
• Workmen's Circle Cemetery Br. #90: Pitman Avenue, Hamilton Township. The Workmen's Circle began its activities in 1924.

• B'nai Araham Memorial Park: US Highway 22, Union 07083. #13500. 2600 US Highway 22; (908) 688-3054; (David Levin);
• Beth David Memorial Park: 13483; in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: arosen@ee.net

• 1919 Jewish population was 400 with an unnamed cemetery listed according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; vol. 21, edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.
       Author: Temple Israel-Emanuel (Union City, N.J.) Records, 1909-1983. Description: 5 cubic ft. (5 cartons). Notes: Congregation Emanuel of Hudson County, N.J.: organized 1899; known as Congregation Temple Emanuel of Union Hill, N.J. (until sometime in the 1930s?) for at least several years prior to adopting the name Congregation Emanuel of Hudson County, N.J. Temple Israel-Emanuel: orthodox Jewish congregation organized 1938 from merger of Congregation Emanuel of Hudson County, N.J., and Temple of Israel of West Hoboken, both located in Union City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Brotherly Benevolent Association Linas Hazedeck of Hudson County: organized 1892. Records, 1938-1983, together with records, 1904-1938, of its two predecessor congregations. Accompanying this documentation are the records, 1939-1976, of the Talmud Torah of Hudson County and the records, 1909-1983, of the Brotherly Benevolent Association Linas Hazedeck of Hudson County. Congregation Emanuel: … cemetery documents, 1922-1933 (with gaps), pertaining to property held in the Riverside Cemetery in Rochelle Park, Bergen County, New Jersey. … cemetery documents, 1907 and 1926-1927, relating to Mount Zion Cemetery on Long Island. …cemetery documents, 1955 … Brotherly Benevolent Association Linas Hazedeck of Hudson County: constitution and by-laws, 1976; minutes, 1909-1923 and 1936-1962; and administrative files, 1928-1969 … Acquired 1991. Finding aid available in the repository. Location: Temple Israel-Emanuel, Union City, N.J. Records. MC 870. Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Control No.: NJRV91-A46 [December 2000]

• Alliance Cemetery: Source: Elaine B. Kolinsky, JGSP with permission from Jay Greenblatt, Esquire, who established the Alliance Colony Museum on the Alliance Cemetery grounds in 1982. Address communications to Howard Hoffman, Administrator, Chevra Kadisha of Alliance (The Alliance Cemetery Association), 629 Wood Street, P.O. Box 934, Vineland, NJ 08360.
       Synagogues with section in Alliance, as follows [unconfirmed]: Eben ha Ezer "Rock of Deliverance", Emanu-El (so-labeled by Jewish Exponent ), Tifereth Israel "Splendor of Israel", Sharis Israel "Remnant of Israel" (so labeled by Jewish Exponent), and Bayuk Shul.
       In 1882, 43 families escaped the pogroms of Russia and settled in this rural Southern New Jersey community as the first Jewish agricultural colony in the United States. They belonged to the Am Olam Movement that believed in a "return to the soil." Christian neighbors helped these families learned how to till and clear the land. They organized a Chevra Kadisha and built a synagogue. There were eventually four synagogues. Alliance Israelite Universelle of Paris (still in existence) funded the establishment of this community and helped other Jews settle in different areas such as in Palestine and America. (Hence the origin of the name "Alliance.") In 1982, Jay Greenblatt (grandson of pioneer Jacob Greenblatt) established a museum on the Alliance Cemetery grounds. He formed the Alliance Colony Foundation to create a permanent museum to honor the memory of those early settlers. The museum houses artifacts (including the bimeh and pulpit from the original Brotmanville Synagogue), documents, and photographs from this era in special exhibitions shown on holidays and by request. The Foundation also engages in projects such as the registration of descendants of Alliance Colony pioneers, the registration of buildings and sites on National and State Historic Registries, oral histories, and source creation of historic material on the Colony. In 1982, the Foundation's Alliance Centennial Jubilee celebrated 100 years of Jewish life. Two thousand people attended, including 700 descendants of the founders and pioneers. Photographs of the Alliance Museum and parts of the Alliance Cemetery (taken by Elaine B. Kolinsky) are donated to the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center along with its history and Nerenberg family history. Tours by appointment.
       DIRECTIONS TO ALLIANCE CEMETERY & MUSEUM: (about 30-40 miles west of Atlantic City. West of route 47 (Delsea Drive, between Norma and Brotmanville. Operated by Chevra Kadisha of Alliance, Vineland, NJ; From Northeast Philadelphia (one hour): Once in New Jersey, get to Route 55 South; take Exit 35B, Brotmanville; follow Garden Road/Vineland. Take first Garden Road Exit on the right and cross over concrete bridge. Come to a crossroads and make a left at Friendship Baptist Church (white church with red doors) onto Gershel Avenue. Continue (south) for a mile or so. See museum red brick building and Alliance Colony Cemetery on the left. Extensive reading list on Vineland, NJ is available from NJ JGS (Kolinski)

• Beth-El Cemetery: Forest Ave, 201-262-1100

• Burial Assn. Cemetery:
• Woodbine Brotherhood Cemetery:

• Beth Israel Memorial Park: U.S. Hwy. #1 & Gill Lane, Woodbridge 07095; (201) 634-2100; has about 60,000 burials and room for 40,000 more.
       Burial societies:
  Erste Tauster Kranken Unt. Verein. Block 8A. Landsmanshaft, which served as a mutual aid society, established in 1898 and incorporated in 1899 by Jewish immigrants from Touste (Tovste/Tolstoye), Ukraine. ... cemetery deeds and agreements, 1915-1973 are at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY.
  Control No.: NXYH90-A58
  
• Cloverleaf Park Cemetery: US Highway 1 & St. George Ave.; P.O. Box 706, Woodbridge, NJ 07095; 732-634-2100. Riverside Memorial Chapel Directions from N.Y.: Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey Turnpike (95) South to Exit 13, Elizabeth to Route 1 & 9 South, to Route 1 South, pass Gill Lane, make right in order to make left turn to cross Route 1 for cemetery. Sinai Chapels Funeral Directors Directions: Long Island Expressway (495) west to College Point Blvd. Left at traffic light under expressway to Van Wyck Expressway (678) south to Belt Parkway (west) to Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Staten Island Expressway to Goethals Bridge to Routes 1 & 9 south to cemetery.
       Burial societies:
       Independent Rohatyhers section: {10621} (Independent Rohatyners Young Mens Benev. Assn. Herman Skolnick,Pres.) description of society at end of Queens, NY. On Manhattan 1903 certificate of incorporation, the purpose is stated: to voluntarily aid and assist the distressed and needy members of the said corporation and their families. To advance the social intercourse among its members, morally, intellectually and physically. Herman Skolnick, Pres. 415 Beverly Road Bklyn 11218; phone: 718 633 2030. Directions from Brooklyn: BQE toward SI. Prospect Exway, 2nd light), son Michael Skolnick, Tres-Sec, and Yossi Benjamin, Recording Sec. About 35 members still pay dues. Gravesites at Beth Israel Woodbridge NJ and "Old" Montefiore, St. Albans. Source: Phyllis Kramer; e-mail: PhyllisKramer1@worldnet.att.net .
       The Rohatyner Young Men's Society: Chartered in N.Y by people from town of Rohatin, Galicia, about 70 kilometers SE of Lvov/Lemburg, known today as Rogatin, Ukraine. This immigrant landsmanshaften organized primarily for social reasons, for mutual assistance in a new land, and functioned as a burial society. All the gravesites are sold. ({10806}: The names are of those buried in the landsmanshaften's plot in Mt. Hebron.) The source of information is Alvin Edelstein, the Cemetery Chairman of the Rohatyner Young Men's Society. Alvin inherited this position from his late father-in-law, who held it for over fifty years. All the minutes of Rohatyner meetings of the first 50 years, or so, were meticulously handwritten (in Yiddish) and preserved, and were given to YIVO (Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY.) for their use and further preservation. See NY
       Kelmer Benevolent Society {10621} landsmanshaft for Kelme, Lithuania. 6 burials. Source: Ada Greenblatt ada.Greenblatt@postoffice.worldnet.att.net
       Kovner Unterstitzungs Verein {10621} (Bl 4) 208 burials. Source: Ada Greenblatt; ada.Greenblatt@postoffice.worldnet.att.net
       Stanislawomer Independent Society {10621} block 6
       The Workmen's Circle, Inc.: (718)-698-0162; 45 E 33rd St., NY 10016, (212-532-1001); fax (212-532-1573) has lists of their members buried here. Contact: Faith Weinberg, Asst. Director, Member Benefits 92 burials; Block 6 Montefiore Ave. Source: Ada Greenblatt; ada.Greenblatt@postoffice.worldnet.att.net