Hills of Eternity Memorial Park | |
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![]() Portals of Eternity mausoleum and chapel at Hills of Eternity, designed by Samuel Hyman and Abraham Appleton (completed 1934) | |
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Details | |
Established | 1889 |
Location | |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 37°40′35″N122°27′14″W / 37.676399°N 122.454002°W |
Type | Jewish |
Owned by | Congregation Sherith Israel |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Hills of Eternity Memorial Park |
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, also known as Giboth Olam, [1] is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1889, and is located at 1301 El Camino Real, in Colma, California. [2] [3] This cemetery is owned by Congregation Sherith Israel of San Francisco. [4] It is one of four Jewish cemeteries near the city of San Francisco and it shares an adjacent space next to the Home of Peace cemetery (also a Jewish cemetery, and also founded in 1889). [2] At Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Jewish burials are traditionally done side-by-side, which means there is a need for larger grounds and ground maintenance. [2]
Emanu-El Hart (or the "Old Jewish Cemetery") was built in 1847 at Gough Street and Vallejo Street in San Francisco; by 1860 the graves were relocated to an area that is now Mission Dolores Park and this served as a cemetery for both the Congregation Emanu-El and the Congregation Sherith Israel. [5] [6] When the city of San Francisco started to see dramatic growth in population; it was decided to move the cemetery outside of the city to Colma and they established Home of Peace Cemetery and Hills of Eternity Memorial Park with each cemetery served a different congregation. [6]
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