District of Columbia (Washington DC)
(also see Maryland and Virginia for areas contiguous to Washington, DC)
Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW)
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (Office & Archives)
Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (Office & Archives)
Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum
701 Fourth Street, NW - Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 789-0900 Fax: (202) 789-0485
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 789-0900 Fax: (202) 789-0485
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jhsgw
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington does not hold burial records. Contact the individual congregations for that information.
Congress Heights is not a cemetery and is most often used to describe all 4 cemeteries in the area. Those four contiguous cemeteries: Source:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [April 2010]
Washington Hebrew
Adas Israel
Ohev Sholom
Elisavetgrad (Beth Sholom, District of Columbia Lodge, DC Hebrew Beneficial and DC Lodge)
WASHINGTON AREA JEWISH FUNERAL SERVICES: Source: The Jewish Funeral Directors of America
LOCAL BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS - Source: The Washington Jewish Week
SYNAGOGUES
Historic 1876 Synagogue
Corner of 3rd and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Open by appointment only, Please call (202) 789-0900
SYNAGOGUES IN DC: [2007]
WASHINGTON AREA SYNAGOGUES/DC data compiled by Bill Sher for JGSGW [2006] At the end of each synagogue's listing: C = Conservative, O = Orthodox and R = Reform, I = Independent:
- Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home,Inc., 254 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012, (202)541-1001, (800) 500-5401
- Metropolitan Area:
- Danzansky-Goldberg Memorial Chapels: 1170 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD (301) 340-1400.
- Ives-Pearson (not exclusively Jewish) 2847 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA (703) 527-3016. Records date to 1930's. Went out of business in September 2000.
- Edward Sagel Funeral Direction, 1091 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD (301) 217-9400. Founded March 1994; only Jewish-owned funeral parlor in the
- Washington metropolitan area.
- Stein Hebrew Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 232 Carroll Street, NW, Washington, DC. (202)726-4222. Records since 1970.
LOCAL BURIAL ASSOCIATIONS - Source: The Washington Jewish Week
- CHESED SHEL EMES (Free Burial Society): Rabbi Saul Koss (301) 230-7294; Fax (301) 230-7272; TTY (301)-230-7260 Provides burial service for special needy cases.
- CHEVRA KADISHA OF WASHINGTON: Alan Sussman; (301) 681-6366 Community burial society makes arrangements and performs the ritual washing of the body.
- FUNERAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE: chair: Bob Housman; (202) 966-1545; comprised of synagogues who have burial committees.
- WOMEN'S CHEVRA KADISH: Linda Rishe (301) 585-2028; Community burial society makes arrangements and performs the ritual washing of the body.
SYNAGOGUES
Historic 1876 Synagogue
Corner of 3rd and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Open by appointment only, Please call (202) 789-0900
SYNAGOGUES IN DC: [2007]
WASHINGTON AREA SYNAGOGUES/DC data compiled by Bill Sher for JGSGW [2006] At the end of each synagogue's listing: C = Conservative, O = Orthodox and R = Reform, I = Independent:
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Adas Israel Congregation, 2850 Quebec St., NW, Washington, DC 20008, (202) 362-4433, C
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Agudath Israel Of America Minyan, 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Suite 504, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 835-0414
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Bet Mishpachah, P.O. Box 1410, Washington, DC 20013, (202) 833-1638, I
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The Capitol Kehillah, (202) 320-6034, I
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DC Minyan, Washington DC JCC, 1529 16th St., NW, Washington DC 20036, I
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Fabrangen, 7750 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20012, (202) 595-9138, I
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Hill Havurah, Christ Our Shepard Church, 801 North Carolina Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003
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Kesher Israel Congregation, 2801 N St., NW, Washington, DC 20007-3340, (202) 333-2337, O
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Minyan at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh St., S.W. Room 9156, Washington, DC 20410, (202) 708-0614, ext. 6061
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Ohev Sholom, 1600 Jonquil St., NW, Washington, DC 20012, (202) 882-7225, O
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Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 408-3100
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Temple Micah, 2829 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20007, (202) 342-9175, R
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Temple Sinai, 3100 Military Rd., NW, Washington, DC 20015, (202) 363-6394, R
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Tifereth Israel Congregation, 7701 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20012, (202) 882-1605, C
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The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism, P.O. Box 42014, Washington, DC 20015, (202) 686-1881, 0
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Union Station Neighborhood Mincha, Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Room 1858, Washington, DC 20001, (202) 502-8529 Jonathan First
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Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, (202) 362-7100, R
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Yedid DC, c/o Am Kolel, PO Box 146, Beallsville, MD 20839, (301)-349-2799
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONGREGATION/ORGANIZATION AND THE CEMETERIES THAT THEY USED:
| ORGANIZATION OR CONGREGATION | CEMETERY NAME |
| Achduth Chevra | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Adas Israel Congregation | Adas Israel Congregation Cemetery |
| Agudas Achim (new) | King David Memorial Garden |
| Agudas Achim Congregation | Agudas Achim Congregation Cemetery |
| Agudath Achim | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Arlington-Fairfax Jewish Cong. | King David Memorial Garden |
| B'nai Israel Congregation | B'nai Israel Congregation Cemetery |
| Baltimore National Cemetery | Baltimore National Cemetery |
| Baltimore National Cemetery | Loudon Park National Cem. |
| Baltimore National Cemetery | Annapolis National Cemetery |
| Baltimore National Cemetery | U. S. Naval Academy Cem. |
| Beth El | King David Memorial Garden |
| Beth El Hebrew Congregation | Home of Peace Cemetery |
| Beth El Hebrew Congregation (new) | King David Memorial Garden |
| Beth Shalom (old)--Potomac??? | Congress Heights Cemeteries |
| Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah | Beth Sholom Congrega. Cem. |
| Beth Tikva Congregation | King David Memorial Garden |
| Beth Torah | King David Memorial Garden |
| Congregation Kol Ami | Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery |
| D.C. Hebrew Beneficial Association | Congress Heights Cemeteries |
| Deborah | King David Memorial Garden |
| Directorate of Engineering & Housing | Fort Meade Post Cem. No. 1 |
| Ezras Israel-Ohavei Zedek Congregation | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Farband Zionist | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Free Sons of Israel | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Friendship Lodge | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Friendship Lodge | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| George Washington Lodge | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| George Washington Lodge (old) | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Har Tzeon-Agudath Achim Congregation | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Hebrew Benevolent Society | Home of Peace |
| Hebrew Free Burial Society | Chesed Shel Emmes[Emresh] Cem. |
| Jewish Mutual Aid Society | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Kesher Israel Congregation | Kesher Israel Congregation Cem. |
| Kesher Israel Congregation | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Kneseth Israel | Kneseth Israel Congregation |
| Mishkan [Miskan] Torah | King David Memorial Garden |
| National Capitol Lodge | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Nevey Shalom Congregation of Belair | King David Memorial Garden |
| Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation | King David Memorial Garden |
| Ohev Shalom-Talmud Torah Congregation | Ohev Sholom-Talmud Torah Cong. Cem. |
| Ohev Sholom-Talmud Torah | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Ohev Sholom-Talmud Torah Congregation | Congress Heights Cemeteries |
| Ohr Kodesh Congregation | King David Memorial Garden |
| Olam Tikvah Congregation | King David Memorial Garden |
| Sephardic Congregation-Mogen David | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Shaare Tikvah | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Shaare Tikvah | King David Memorial Garden |
| Shaare [Shahre?] Tefila | King David Memorial Garden |
| Shomre Emunah | National Capitol Hebrew |
| Southeast Hebrew (old) | Congress Heights Cemeteries |
| Southeast Hebrew Congregation (new) | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Spanish-Yom Tov | National Capitol Heb. Cem. |
| Spanish-Yom Tov | King David Memorial Garden |
| Temple Beth Shalom | Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery |
| Temple Emanuel | King David Memorial Garden |
| Temple Israel | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Temple Sinai | King David Memorial Garden |
| Temple Solel | King David Memorial Garden |
| Tifereth Israel (new) | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Tifereth Israel (old) | Congress Heights Cemeteries |
| U. S. Naval Academy | Crownsville Veterans Cem. |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | Washington Heb. Congregation Cem. |
| Workmen's Circle (new) | Mt. Lebanon Cemetery |
| Workmen's Circle (old) | National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery |
| Yom Tov Society | National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery |
| Young Israel Shomre Emunah | National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery |
| Young People's Synagogue |
King David Memorial Garden |