The first Jewish cemetery in the Boston area was that of Temple Ohabei Shalom in East Boston, founded in 1844. The cemetery complexes on Grove and Centre Streets in West Roxbury date from the mid-1880s. The Woburn cemeteries opened in the late 1890s. The cemeteries on Baker Street in West Roxbury and those in Everett opened in the 1920s. All the other cemetery complexes were developed in the early twentieth century. Diverse groups founded the early cemeteries. Some were congregational cemeteries, but other types of organizations started many others: landsmanshaftn (associations of people from the same European ancestral town), labor unions, fraternal, and charitable organizations.
Jewish funeral directors in the Boston area:
- Goldman Fisher Chapel 174 Ferry Street, Malden, MA (617) 324-1122 (508) 683-2411 Member
- Levine Chapels 470 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02146 (Established 1893) (617) 277-8300 1-800-367-3708
- Schlossberg & Solomon 824 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021-2546 (617) 828-6990 1-800-828-6993
- Stanetsky Chapels 1668 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02146 (Established 1892) (617) 232-9300 1-800-842-4280
- Torf Funeral Service
Cemeteries in Boston Metropolitan Area: Also see Danvers, Lynn, Everetts, Melrose, Natick, North Reading, Peabody, Springfield, Wakefield, Waltham, West Roxbury, and Woburn.
BOSTON CEMETERIES -- WEST ROXBURY
Baker Street Cemeteries - West Roxbury (Directions)
Abramson (Contact: JCAM)
Agudath Israel
American Friendship
Anshei Sfard: Congregation Anshei Sfard, 168 Adams Street Newton, MA 617 630-0226
Atereth Israel: Congregation Beth El/Atereth Israel, 561 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459-1109, (617) 244-7233
Beth El: Congregation Beth El/Atereth Israel, 561 Ward St, Newton, MA 02459-1109, (617) 244-7233
Boylston Lodge Memorial Park (Contact: JCAM.)
Butrimantzy (Contact: JCAM)
Chevra Shaas (Contact: JCAM)
Crawford Street Memorial Park (Contact: JCAM.)
Custom Tailors
David Vicur Cholim (Contact: Shirley Kramer)
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center (Contact: JCAM.)
Hebrew Volin (Contact: JCAM.)
IMAS - Roxbury Lodge (Contact: JCAM.)
Independent Pride of Boston (Contact: JCAM.)
Independent Workmen's Circle (Contact: JCAM.)
Kaminker (Contact: Irving Koss)
Kehillath Jacob (Contact: JCAM.)
Kopiagorod (Contact: JCAM.)
Koretzer
Kovner (Contact: JCAM.)
Lawrence Avenue (Contact: JCAM.)
Lord Rothschild
New Palestine
Mohliver (Contact: JCAM.)
Olita Relief Society (Contact: JCAM.)
Ostro Hebrew Marshoe (Contact: JCAM.)
Polonnoe (Contact: JCAM.)
Pultusker (Contact: JCAM.)
Puritan
Quincy Hebrew Society (Contact: JCAM.)
Sharah Tfilo (Contact: JCAM.)
Shepetovka (Contact: David A. Mikelson)
Sons of Abraham (Contact: JCAM.)
Staro Konstantinov (Contact: Joseph Furman)
Stepiner (Contact: Geralf Milden)
Temple Emeth Memorial Park (Contact: Samuel Manski)
Vilno (Contact: JCAM.)
Zviller (Contact: JCAM.)
Centre Street Cemeteries- West Roxbury
Anshe Dowig Association (Contact: JCAM.)
Beth Israel (Contact: JCAM.)
Bresna (Contact: JCAM.)
Chevra Thillim (Contact: JCAM.)
Chai Odom (Contact: JCAM.)
King Solomon Memorial Park (Contact: JCAM.)
Mishkan Tefilan Memorial Park
Sharei Sedeck (Contact: JCAM.)
Grove Street Cemeteries - West Roxbury (Directions)
Adath Jeshrun (Contact: JCAM.)
Beth Abraham (Contact: JCAM.)
Hand in Hand (New and Old)
Hebrew Progressive(Contact: JCAM.)
Jewish Benevolent (Contact: JCAM.)
Jewish Civil Service (Contact: Myron Porter)
Ohavi Sedeck (Contact: JCAM.)
Moses Mendelsohn (Contact: Lillian Shrago)
Pride of Jacob (Contact: JCAM.)
Roxbury Mutual Association
Shari Jerusalem (Contact: JCAM.)
Sons of Benjamin (Contact: JCAM.)
Tifereth Israel (Contact: JCAM.)
Young Israel of Brookline (Contact: Robert A. Wolff)
BOURNE (Directions)
Massachusetts National Cemetery (508) 563-7113
BROCKTON CEMETERIES (Directions)
Plymouth Rock Cemetery (Contact: JCAM.)
Agudas Achim
Temple Beth Emunah (Contact: JCAM.)
Temple Israel (Contact: JCAM.)
DANVERS CEMETERIES (Directions)
Ahabat Shalom (Contact: JCAM.)
Anshe Sfard
Chesed Shel Emeth
Ezrath Israel
Farband (Jewish Nat'l Workers Alliance) (Contact: JCAM.)
Jewish Community Center
Roumanian American (Contact: JCAM.)
Sons of Jacob
Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Sinai
Temple Emanuel of Chelsea
EVERETT CEMETERIES (Directions)
Agudas Shalom
Ahavas Achim Anshe Sfard
Bessarabian (Contact: JCAM.)
Beth Israel
Birsen
B'Nai Israal of Beachmont
Chevra Chai Odom (Contact: JCAM.)
Chevra Kadisha of Chelsea
Chevra Mishnais
Chevra Thillim Boston & Chelsea
Chervra Thilim of Malden
Cong. Tifereth Isreal of Revere
Dorchester Hebrew Helping Hand (Contact: JCAM.)
Greenview
Guard of Moses (Contact: JCAM.)
Klevaner
Jewish Deed Holders (Contact: JCAM.)
Knights of Zaslav (Contact: JCAM.)
Liberty Progressive (Contact: JCAM.)
Linas Hazedek (Contact: JCAM.)
Linas Hatzedek #2
Mishna
Mishna of Chelsea (Contact: JCAM.)
Montefiore(Contact: JCAM.)
Netzah Israel (Contact: JCAM.)
New Jewish Deed Holders
New Tifereth Israel of Everett Memorial Park
North Russell Street/Chevra Thilem (Contact: JCAM.)
Old Jewish Deed Holders
Poali Zedeck (Contact: JCAM.)
Rabbi Issac Elcohonon
Sudilkov
Temple Beth Shalom of Cambridge
Temple Israel Burial Society
Tifereth Israel of Revere
Tifereth Israel of Winthrop (Contact: JCAM.)
Tifereth Istrael of Winthrop Memorial Park (Contact: JCAM.)
LYNN JEWISH CEMETERIES (Directions)
Pride of Lynn (Contact: JCAM.)
Chevra Mishna (Contact: JCAM.)
Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard (Contact: JCAM.)
MELROSE JEWISH CEMETERIES (Directions)
Agudas Achim of Malden
Hadrath Israel
Onikchty Society (Route 99) (Contact: JCAM.)
Vilkomer, (Route 99) (Contact: JCAM.)
Workmen's Circle, (Route 99) (Contact: JCAM.)
Netherlands Cemetery Association
NATICK CEMETERIES (Directions)
Framingham Natick Jewish Cemetery (Contact: JCAM.)
PEABODY CEMETERIES (Directions)
Beth El
B'Nai Brith
Chevra Kadusha Oak Hill
Lebanon-Tifereth Israel
Maple Hill
Temple Israel
Temple Shalom of Medford
Temple Tifereth Israel
Workmens Circle (Contact: JCAM.)
RANDOLPH CEMETERIES (Directions)
Lindwood Memorial Park (Contact: JCAM.)
Kesillath Isreal
Temple Reyim
Temple Emanuel (Contact: JCAM.)
SHARON CEMETERIES (Directions)
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WAKEFIELD CEMETERIES (Directions)
Amos Lodge Bnai Brith(Contact: JCAM.)
Lynn Hebrew Benevelant Society (Contact: JCAM.)
Temple Israel Cemetery
Temple Emanuel of Wakefield
WOBURN CEMETERIES (Directions)
Agudath Achim
American Austrian
Anshe Poland
Anshe Lebovitz
Beth David
Beth Jacob
Beth Joseph #1, #2, and #3
Chevra Kadusha of Boston
Chevra Kadusha of Chelsea
Chevra Mishnas
City of Boston Lodge
East Boston
Independent Golden Crown
Independent Pride of Boston
Kensseth Israel
Knights of Liberty
Meretz
Montefiore
Ohel Jacob
South Boston Lodge
Pride of Boston
Roxbury Mutual Society (Contact: Mark Lipsky/Sam Fisher)
Shari Jerusalem
Woburn Hebrew Center
SUFFOLK County:
BOOK: Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery:
- Anshe Dowig Cemetery:
- Beth Abraham Cemetery:
- Beth El Jewish Cemetery:
- Boston United Hand and Hand Cemetery:
- Bresna Cemetery
- Chevra Shas Cemetery
- Chevra Thilim of Boston Cemetery:
- Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery:
- Congregation Chai Odom Cemetery:
- Crawford Street Synagogue Cemetery:
- Hebrew Progressive Cemetery:
- King Solomon Memorial Park:
- Pride of Boston Cemetery: