Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

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Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
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Established1857
Closed1921
Location
Jackson, Almador County, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 38°21′14″N120°46′21″W / 38.35398°N 120.77245°W / 38.35398; -120.77245
TypeJewish
No. of graves32
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Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, also known as Givoth Olam (English: Hills of Eternity), is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1857 by the Congregation B'nai Israel, and is located in Jackson, Amador County, California. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] By 1921, the cemetery was closed. [1] [7]

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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. [1] [2] [8]

History

The Congregation B'nai Israel of Jackson erected the first synagogue in the mining districts in Jackson in September 1857 called Pioneer Jewish Synagogue, but it was only used for high holiday services. [1] [9] It was one of two synagogues in the Mother Lode, the other was located in Placerville. [10] Connected to the synagogue was the cemetery. [10] After 1868 the synagogue building was used for secular purposes, until 1869, when they moved the congregation to the larger Masonic Hall was used to accommodate their growth. [1] [9] The synagogue building then served as a schoolhouse until 1888. [9] The Office of Historic Preservation for the State of California stated that the synagogue wooden structure had been moved next door in 1888, and was used as a private home until it was demolished in 1948. [9] The location of the former synagogue become the site of the present-day Jackson Grammar School, [1] and has a historical plaque to commemorate the site.

In 1962, the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West was formed to help with education, and restoration for all of the Jewish cemeteries in Gold County. [5]

The site is surrounded by Cypress trees and a wrought iron fence. [1] Across Cemetery Lane is a section of the Jackson Pioneer Cemetery (or Jackson City Cemetery) that surrounds the Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, it is also next door to Jackson Catholic Cemetery.

Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:

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References

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  2. 1 2 Postal, Bernard; Koppman, Lionel (1986). American Jewish Landmarks: A Travel Guide and History. Fleet Press. p. 80. ISBN   9780830301645.
  3. ↑ Morris, Susan (1996). A Traveler's Guide to Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries of the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN   9780943376639.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
  5. 1 2 Greschler, Gabriel (2020-11-25). "A road trip through Jewish Gold Country". J. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  6. ↑ Israelowitz, Oscar (1987). Oscar Israelowitz's Guide to Jewish U.S.A.: The West. New York City, NY: Israelowitz Publishing. p. 79. ISBN   9781878741066.
  7. ↑ Yalom, Marilyn (2008-05-15). The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 218. ISBN   9780547345437.
  8. ↑ Sharfman, I. Harold (1969). Nothing Left to Commemorate: The Story of the Pioneer Jews of Jackson, Amador County, California. A. H. Clark. p. 125.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Site of Jackson's Pioneer Jewish Synagogue". CA State Parks, State of California. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  10. 1 2 3 Friedmann, Jonathan L. (2020-03-23). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23, 55. ISBN   9781439669426.
  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.
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