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Owls Head information and resources.[July 2009]

Adas Yoshuron Synagogue
50 Willow Street
P.O. Box 1250
Rockland, Maine 04841
(207) 594-4523

Two Jewish cemeteries serve Owls Head Jewry. "The Jewish Cemetery" is on Route 73 in Owl's Head, south of Rockland and "Berliawsky-Small Cemetery" is located on Upper Park Street in Rockland. They have served this community since the early 1900s with no direct affiliation with the synagogue. [February 2010]

Owls Head Jewish Cemetery: The property is under the administration of the Rockland, Maine Chevra Kadisha that has no direct connection to Adas Yoshuron Synagogue in Rockland, dating from 1912. The cemeteries serve the same community and work closely with the synagogue. Source: Joel Fishman, head of the Rockland, Maine Chevra Kadisha; e-This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. (207) 594-9236 or Edward Miller (207) 594-4878. Adas Yoshuron Synagogue (unafiliated) 594-4523, Rockland, Maine 04841. Mailing Address, PO Box 1250, Rockland, ME 04841.

Childen's Section. Route 73, Owl's Head, Me (South of Rockland). contact via Adas Yoshuron. [October 2010]

Fully documented burial list with many photos is available on the Documenting Maine Jewry site at https://www.mainejews.org/CemPage.php?cemnm=OwlsHeadCem%20%20%20&%20id=2215 [October 2019]