http://www.rootsweb.com/~utsaltla/_SaltLake_index.html has general Salt Lake County information. [August 2005]
Brigham Young himself apparently gave the three Jewish cemeteries to the Jewish Community. Montefiore and Temple Bnai Israel congregations merged in 1970 into the present Congregation Kol Ami, which administers the three Jewish cemeteries in Salt Lake. Source: Ralph Tannnenbaum, Secretary, Kol Ami Cemetery Association; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery: in Salt Lake City Cemetery. was Reform. See: Cemeteries of the US. Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
http://www.rootsweb.com/~utsaltla/Cemeteries/CongregationBNaiIsrael/index.html has photo of entrance. Q Street and 4th Avenue. Located on south end of the Salt Lake City Cemetery, at 245 North and Center Streets. Congregation Kol Ami, 2425 Heritage Way (2760 South), Salt Lake City, Utah 84109, (801) 484-1501, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / http://www.conkolami.org/index.shtml.Congregation Kol Ami is a merger of two older congregations: Congregation B'nai Israel (Reform), founded in 1891, and Congregation Montefiore (Conservative) dating to 1899. [August 2005]
Congregation Montefiore Cemetery: {10158} was Conservative, dating back to the turn of the 20th century and bears the name of its synagogue. http://www.rootsweb.com/~utsaltla/Cemeteries/CongregationMontefiore/index.html has photo of entrance. R Street and 4th Avenue. Located on south end of the Salt Lake City Cemetery, at 220 North and Cypress Avenue.
Congregation Kol Ami is a merger of two older congregations: Congregation B'nai Israel (Reform), founded in 1891, and Congregation Montefiore (Conservative) dating to 1899. Congregation Kol Ami, 2425 Heritage Way (2760 South), Salt Lake City, Utah 84109, (801) 484-1501, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / http://www.conkolami.org/index.shtml. [August 2005]
Shaarei Zedek Cemetery: Today, one can be buried in any of the cemeteries, but Shaarei Zedek has the most restrictive rules and the best view. Source: Dan Winicur, Congregation Kol Ami, former Director.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~utsaltla/Cemeteries/CongregationShareyTzedick/index.html has photo of entrance. E 11th Avenue, just west of the "North Plat" of the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Sha'arei Tefila at Vintage Square - South Entrance, 1760 South 1100 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84104, (801) 466-7633 [August 2005]