| Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Established | 1856 |
| Closed | 1891 |
| Location | Second Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°13′17″N 121°03′25″W / 39.22149°N 121.05685°W / 39.22149; -121.05685 |
| Type | Jewish |
| Owned by | Hebrew Benevolent of Society of Grass Valley, Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West |
| No. of graves | 22–30 |
| Find a Grave | Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery |
Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, also known as Shaar Zedek (English: Gate of Righteousness) is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1856 by the Hebrew Benevolent of Society of Grass Valley, and is located in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The last burial happened in 1891. It is a private site operated by the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West and is not open to the public.
Related cemeteries
Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:
- Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City, Nevada County;
- Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson, Almador County;
- Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora, Tuolumne County;
- Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Placerville, El Dorado County;
- Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville, Yuba County;
- Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County;
- Jewish Cemetery, Shasta, Shasta County
See also
- Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Rush (1994 film)
- List of cemeteries in California
- Judah L. Magnes Museum
References
- ^ Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376622.
- ^ "Grass Valley". Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
- Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Hoover, Mildred Brooke (1966). Abeloe, William N. (ed.). Historical Spots in California (3 ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 487. ISBN 9780804700795.
- Friedmann, Jonathan L. (2020). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23, 55. ISBN 9781439669426.