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The Coming Street Cemetery is located at 189 Coming Street, in 
The Coming Street cemetery is a private burial ground owned by
Coming Street Cemetery, on National Park Service's ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary
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Charleston, South Carolina
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. This Jewish cemetery
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, one of the oldest in the United States
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was founded in 1762 by Sephardi Jews and is the oldest Jewish burial ground in the South. Burials in the Coming Street Cemetery are now restricted to the few vacancies in the adjacent family plots. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1996.
The Coming Street cemetery is a private burial ground owned by Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim ( he, קהל קדוש בית אלוהים, also known as K. K. Beth Elohim, or more simply Congregation Beth Elohim) is a Reform Synagogue located in Charleston, South Carolina. Having founded the congregation in 1749, it ...
and a donation is requested in order to be given a tour of the cemetery.
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Coming Street Cemetery, on National Park Service's ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary
* {{Authority control Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Jewish cemeteries in South Carolina Jews and Judaism in Charleston, South Carolina Geography of Charleston, South Carolina 1762 establishments in South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina Portuguese-Jewish culture in the United States Sephardi Jewish culture in South Carolina Cemeteries in Charleston, South Carolina Spanish-Jewish culture in the United States