Mikveh Israel Cemetery (Federal Street Burial Ground)
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Mikveh Israel Cemetery at 11th and Federal Streets is known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and is located in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of South Philadelphia.1 It was first called Beth Hahayim ( ). It is one of three cemeteries belonging to Congregation Mikveh Israel , Philadelphia's oldest synagogue. The cemetery was deeded to Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel on December 30, 1841. The American Legion, and other local veterans and civic groups held Memorial Day observances for veterans at the cemetery in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission erected a Pennsylvania Historical Marker at the site on October 4, 1990, citing the burials of Abraham Hart the publisher; Alfred Mordecai, soldier and engineer; Dr. Sabato Morais, rabbi and educator; Judge Mayer Sulzberger; and noted Civil War veterans. The Italian Market Civic Association initiated the reconstruction of the cemetery in 1994.2
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The Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and located at 11th and Federal Streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It was first called Beth Hahayim ( ). It is one of three cemeteries belonging to Congregation Mikveh Israel , Philadelphia's oldest synagogue.
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Jewish cemetery in South Philadelphia, US The Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and located at 11th and Federal Streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It was first called Beth Hahayim ( Hebrew : בית החיים ). It is one of three cemeteries belonging to Congregation Mikveh Israel , Philadelphia's oldest synagogue.
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known as the federal street burial ground and is located in the passyunk square neighborhood of south philadelp
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jewish cemetery known as the federal street burial ground and located at 11th and federal streets in the passyu
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