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SEATTLE: King County and Kitsap County

See Jewish Guide to Washington by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. 206-443-5400.

Giboth Olam: Source: Alan Hirshfeld submission using "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States", pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; Volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee.

Seattle Funeral Homes:

  • Bonney Watson, 1732 Broadway E., Seattle, (206) 322-0013
  • Butterworth's Arthur A. Wright Funeral Home & Columbarium, 520 W. Raye St., Seattle, (206) 282-5500
  • Green Funeral Home, 1215 145th Pl. SE, Bellevue, WA 98007, (425) 747-6240
  • Seattle Jewish Chapel: Chapel - 1340 N 115th St, Seattle, WA, (206) 725-3067; Office - 5145 S Morgan St, Seattle, WA, (206) 721-0970
CEMETERIES:

Photos courtesy Aaron Alberg, June 2011

 

  • Congregation Beth Israel: Bellingham, (360) 733-8890-Reform
  • Congregation Beth Sholom, Richland, (509) 943-9457-Conservative
  • Evergreen Washeli Memorial Park: Jewish Section, 11111 Aurora Avenue, North, Seattle, WA [January 2006]
  • Herzl Memorial Park: 165th and Dayton Ave. N., Seattle, (206) 232-8555. Serves Herzl-Ner Tamid Congregation: 232-8555 Originally Orthodox, then Zionist, has been Conservative last 50+ years. Burial list
  • Hills of Eternity Cemetery: 520 W. Raye St., Seattle 98119, (206) 323-8486. Temple de Hirsh Sinai: (206) 283-1166. The Hills of Eternity Cemetery, owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai, is located on Queen Anne Hill adjacent to the Butterworth Arthur Wright Mortuary. mausoleum, columbarium. Hills of Eternity Cemetery: See 'Cemeteries of the US' Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI : Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield.
  • Home of Peace Cemetery: 5421 Steilacoom Blvd., Tacoma, (253) 564-7101. See Hills of Eternity. owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai. burial list.
  • Machzikay Hadath Cemetery: 1214 N 167th St, Seattle, WA, (206) 721-0970; see Bikur Cholim above.
  • Mt of Olives Cemetery: 323-8486 Reform. A number of other smaller Jewish communities have their own cemeteries. 2235 3rd Avenue
  • Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery: website (206) 723-3028, 722-5500, 232-7302 (Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood services Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation and Congregation Ezra Bessaroth). cemetery map. burial lists
  • Temple Beth Am/Temple B'nai Torah Cemetery: 1575 145th Pl. SE, Bellevue, WA, (206) 525-0915 or (206) 232-7243.
  • Temple Beth Hatfiloh, Olympia, (360) 754-8519.
  • Temple Beth Or, Everett, (206) 259-7125.
  • Temple Beth Shalom, Spokane, (509) 747-3304.
  • Temple De Hirsch\Sinai.