Har Ha Zetim Cemetery: aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery and "Mount of Olives",
Alternate spellings and names: Har Ha S(Z)ysim, Har Ha Zaism Mount of Olives; Azosin; Har Hazeism (name given by Ruth Baker from 1950 letter); aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery. Located at Greaves Lane & Conshohocken (State Road) (route 23), Gladwyn, PA; Montgomery County, Lower Merion Township. Contact number is 215-789-2104. (This is Har Yehuda's number; they own this cemetery.) Access to the cemetery is limited by surrounding private property. Parking and the extreme terrean make visitation a challenge.
Historian, Allen Meyers, in a JGSP lecture on 6/15/1992 said that up until the early 1930's, Har Sesetim, Gladwyn (really Mt. of Olives) served the Norristown Jewish Community and Philadelphia. The most recent grave noticed by a JGSGP photography group in December 2011 was dated 1942.
History: Opened 1860; Maintained by Kurlander Unterstutzungsverein; Size: 19 acres, 2 acres sold to Independent Chebrah Kadisha; 1200 burials
Records: Har Yehuda Cemetery owns this cemetery and holds records. The former owners, the Moskowitz family, have about 500 names on 2 lists according to Aaron Rothenberg. Source: Aaron Rothenberg [email protected] .
On January 26, 1999 Judge Stanely Ott of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Division, settled litigation over the disposition of this cemetery. The agreement reached with representatives of the descendants of those buried there, community groups, neighboring Beth David Reform Congregation, the Moskowitz family, and developers turns the cemetery over to Beth David Reform Congregation. Beth David along with local community groups plan to raise funds to clean up the site, repair damaged stone markers, and create a memorial park for use by relatives of those buried there and the community. Members of Beth David are presently researching the history of the Cemetery and the names and location those buried there. Anyone having information relative to this effort or wishing information can contact Beth David Reform Congregation at 1130 Vaughans Lane, Gladwyn, Pa. 19035, 610-896-7485. Source: Stephen F. Finkelman, Executive Vice President, Beth David Refom Congregation; S. F. Finkelman, E-Mail Address: [email protected] .
Jewish burial organizations with ground at Har Hazetim were listed 2/9/1978 in Main Line Jewish Expressions , "100 Year Old Jewish Cemetery Uncovered in Gladwyn," by Judy Zalesne, Vol I, No 2. Jewish Burial Organizations with ground at Har Hazetim Cemetery listed in 1900/1901 ( American Jewish Year Book ): Congregation Ahavas Achim Anse Nazin Nusach Hoarie founded 8/24/1887.
Alternate spellings and names: Har Ha S(Z)ysim, Har Ha Zaism Mount of Olives; Azosin; Har Hazeism (name given by Ruth Baker from 1950 letter); aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery. Located at Greaves Lane & Conshohocken (State Road) (route 23), Gladwyn, PA; Montgomery County, Lower Merion Township. Contact number is 215-789-2104. (This is Har Yehuda's number; they own this cemetery.) Access to the cemetery is limited by surrounding private property. Parking and the extreme terrean make visitation a challenge.
Historian, Allen Meyers, in a JGSP lecture on 6/15/1992 said that up until the early 1930's, Har Sesetim, Gladwyn (really Mt. of Olives) served the Norristown Jewish Community and Philadelphia. The most recent grave noticed by a JGSGP photography group in December 2011 was dated 1942.
History: Opened 1860; Maintained by Kurlander Unterstutzungsverein; Size: 19 acres, 2 acres sold to Independent Chebrah Kadisha; 1200 burials
Records: Har Yehuda Cemetery owns this cemetery and holds records. The former owners, the Moskowitz family, have about 500 names on 2 lists according to Aaron Rothenberg. Source: Aaron Rothenberg [email protected] .
On January 26, 1999 Judge Stanely Ott of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Division, settled litigation over the disposition of this cemetery. The agreement reached with representatives of the descendants of those buried there, community groups, neighboring Beth David Reform Congregation, the Moskowitz family, and developers turns the cemetery over to Beth David Reform Congregation. Beth David along with local community groups plan to raise funds to clean up the site, repair damaged stone markers, and create a memorial park for use by relatives of those buried there and the community. Members of Beth David are presently researching the history of the Cemetery and the names and location those buried there. Anyone having information relative to this effort or wishing information can contact Beth David Reform Congregation at 1130 Vaughans Lane, Gladwyn, Pa. 19035, 610-896-7485. Source: Stephen F. Finkelman, Executive Vice President, Beth David Refom Congregation; S. F. Finkelman, E-Mail Address: [email protected] .
Jewish burial organizations with ground at Har Hazetim were listed 2/9/1978 in Main Line Jewish Expressions , "100 Year Old Jewish Cemetery Uncovered in Gladwyn," by Judy Zalesne, Vol I, No 2. Jewish Burial Organizations with ground at Har Hazetim Cemetery listed in 1900/1901 ( American Jewish Year Book ): Congregation Ahavas Achim Anse Nazin Nusach Hoarie founded 8/24/1887.
Har Ha Zetim Cemetery: aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery and "Mount of Olives",
Alternate spellings and names: Har Ha S(Z)ysim, Har Ha Zaism Mount of Olives; Azosin; Har Hazeism (name given by Ruth Baker from 1950 letter); aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery. Located at Greaves Lane & Conshohocken (State Road) (route 23), Gladwyn, PA; Montgomery County, Lower Merion Township. Contact number is 215-789-2104. (This is Har Yehuda's number; they own this cemetery.) Access to the cemetery is limited by surrounding private property. Parking and the extreme terrean make visitation a challenge.
Historian, Allen Meyers, in a JGSP lecture on 6/15/1992 said that up until the early 1930's, Har Sesetim, Gladwyn (really Mt. of Olives) served the Norristown Jewish Community and Philadelphia. The most recent grave noticed by a JGSGP photography group in December 2011 was dated 1942.
History: Opened 1860; Maintained by Kurlander Unterstutzungsverein; Size: 19 acres, 2 acres sold to Independent Chebrah Kadisha; 1200 burials
Records: Har Yehuda Cemetery owns this cemetery and holds records. The former owners, the Moskowitz family, have about 500 names on 2 lists according to Aaron Rothenberg. Source: Aaron Rothenberg [email protected] .
On January 26, 1999 Judge Stanely Ott of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Division, settled litigation over the disposition of this cemetery. The agreement reached with representatives of the descendants of those buried there, community groups, neighboring Beth David Reform Congregation, the Moskowitz family, and developers turns the cemetery over to Beth David Reform Congregation. Beth David along with local community groups plan to raise funds to clean up the site, repair damaged stone markers, and create a memorial park for use by relatives of those buried there and the community. Members of Beth David are presently researching the history of the Cemetery and the names and location those buried there. Anyone having information relative to this effort or wishing information can contact Beth David Reform Congregation at 1130 Vaughans Lane, Gladwyn, Pa. 19035, 610-896-7485. Source: Stephen F. Finkelman, Executive Vice President, Beth David Refom Congregation; S. F. Finkelman, E-Mail Address: [email protected] .
Jewish burial organizations with ground at Har Hazetim were listed 2/9/1978 in Main Line Jewish Expressions , "100 Year Old Jewish Cemetery Uncovered in Gladwyn," by Judy Zalesne, Vol I, No 2. Jewish Burial Organizations with ground at Har Hazetim Cemetery listed in 1900/1901 ( American Jewish Year Book ): Congregation Ahavas Achim Anse Nazin Nusach Hoarie founded 8/24/1887.
Alternate spellings and names: Har Ha S(Z)ysim, Har Ha Zaism Mount of Olives; Azosin; Har Hazeism (name given by Ruth Baker from 1950 letter); aka Gladwyne Jewish Cemetery. Located at Greaves Lane & Conshohocken (State Road) (route 23), Gladwyn, PA; Montgomery County, Lower Merion Township. Contact number is 215-789-2104. (This is Har Yehuda's number; they own this cemetery.) Access to the cemetery is limited by surrounding private property. Parking and the extreme terrean make visitation a challenge.
Historian, Allen Meyers, in a JGSP lecture on 6/15/1992 said that up until the early 1930's, Har Sesetim, Gladwyn (really Mt. of Olives) served the Norristown Jewish Community and Philadelphia. The most recent grave noticed by a JGSGP photography group in December 2011 was dated 1942.
History: Opened 1860; Maintained by Kurlander Unterstutzungsverein; Size: 19 acres, 2 acres sold to Independent Chebrah Kadisha; 1200 burials
Records: Har Yehuda Cemetery owns this cemetery and holds records. The former owners, the Moskowitz family, have about 500 names on 2 lists according to Aaron Rothenberg. Source: Aaron Rothenberg [email protected] .
On January 26, 1999 Judge Stanely Ott of the Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Division, settled litigation over the disposition of this cemetery. The agreement reached with representatives of the descendants of those buried there, community groups, neighboring Beth David Reform Congregation, the Moskowitz family, and developers turns the cemetery over to Beth David Reform Congregation. Beth David along with local community groups plan to raise funds to clean up the site, repair damaged stone markers, and create a memorial park for use by relatives of those buried there and the community. Members of Beth David are presently researching the history of the Cemetery and the names and location those buried there. Anyone having information relative to this effort or wishing information can contact Beth David Reform Congregation at 1130 Vaughans Lane, Gladwyn, Pa. 19035, 610-896-7485. Source: Stephen F. Finkelman, Executive Vice President, Beth David Refom Congregation; S. F. Finkelman, E-Mail Address: [email protected] .
Jewish burial organizations with ground at Har Hazetim were listed 2/9/1978 in Main Line Jewish Expressions , "100 Year Old Jewish Cemetery Uncovered in Gladwyn," by Judy Zalesne, Vol I, No 2. Jewish Burial Organizations with ground at Har Hazetim Cemetery listed in 1900/1901 ( American Jewish Year Book ): Congregation Ahavas Achim Anse Nazin Nusach Hoarie founded 8/24/1887.
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There are two graves together. Joseph L. Barsky d. 16 Jun 1898. And, David Solodor d. 12 Jul 1898 - the Solodor tombstone has been upgraded and is in excellent condition. Contact me for photographs. JTSwisher December 2011
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