Michigan's Oldest Jewish Cemetery
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N 42° 20.779 W 083° 00.911
17T E 334012 N 4690195
Located in the southeast corner of Elmwood Cemetery. The entrance is off of Robert Bradley Drive, northwest of Lafayette Street. Parking available. There is a single chain fence surrounding the plot.
Waymark Code: WM13AK
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2007
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Beth El, the first Jewish congregation in Michigan, was organized in Detroit on September 22, 1850, by twelve families. This half-acre cemetery, dedicated on January 1, 1851, was known then as "The Champlain Street Cemetery of Temple Beth El" because Lafayette was formerly called Champlain Street. The first interment was in fall of 1851, and in 1854 Samuel Marcus, the first rabbi of Beth El, was buried here. The cemetery, containing many graves of Jewish war veterans, was in active use until the 1950s.
Historical Date: 01/01/1851
Historical Name: Samuel Marcus
Parking nearby?: yes
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website: [Web Link]
Registered Site #: State Site #241
Description: Not listed
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