Fourth oldest operating Jewish cemetery in the United States located off Ice Avenue. Purchased by Joseph Simon and Isaac Henriques February 3, 1747 "to be held in trust for a burial ground for the society of Jews in and about Lancaster". Main gate erected about 1917.
Photograph- Grave of Joseph Simon and family at Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery on East Liberty Street in Lancaster. Simon gave the land for the cemetery in 1747. This is the fourth oldest Jewish cemetery in America.
Photograph- Grave of Joseph Simon and family at Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery on East Liberty Street in Lancaster. Simon gave the land for the cemetery in 1747. This is the fourth oldest Jewish cemetery in America.
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Grave of Joseph Simon and family at Shaarai Shomayim Cemetery on East Liberty Street in Lancaster. Simon gave the land for the cemetery in 1747. This is the fourth oldest Jewish cemetery in America.