The Hebrew Cemetery in

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, also known as Hebrew Burying Ground, and previously the Jew's Burying Ground, dates from 1816. This

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, one of the oldest in the

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, was founded in 1816 as successor to the Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789. Among those interred here is Josephine Cohen Joel, who was well known in the early 20th century as the founder of Richmond Art Co. Within Hebrew Cemetery is a plot known as the Soldier's Section. It contains the graves of 30 Jewish Confederate soldiers who died in or near Richmond. It is one of only two Jewish military cemeteries outside of the State of Israel. Located at Fourth and Hospital Streets on historic Shockoe Hill, it was listed on the

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in 2006. It was listed a second time on the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 2022 as part of the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District. The Hebrew Cemetery is maintained by

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, a Reform congregation founded in Richmond in 1789.

Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers

Within the Hebrew Cemetery is a section for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers. The cemetery for Jewish veterans of

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located in Weissensee, Berlin, is the only Jewish military cemetery not located in

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. The Confederate section is part of the Hebrew Cemetery on historic Shockoe Hill, and is also maintained by

References

External links

Hebrew Cemetery Richmond
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Preliminry Information Form (PIF) for Historic Districts, "Shockoe Hill Burying Ground" (127-7231)

DHR Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 127-7231 Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District
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