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JEWISH CEMETERIES IN MISSISSIPPI:

Congregation Ahavath Rayim
 (Once Orthodox, now mixed sitting,
 Traditional) - Open?
210 E Market St., Greenwood,
Mississippi 38930-4423
Read Google Reviews from 2020.
About: Encyclopedia of
 Southern Jewish Communities
Synagogue started in 1891.
Officially founded in 1907 (Orthodox)
Ahavath Rayim Cemetery:
 Bowie Ln, Greenwood, MS 38930
Ahavath Rayim Cemetery
Bowie Ln, Greenwood,
Leflore County, MS 38930 USA
Memorials by Find a Grave
Older Burials found by FAG:
1. Harry Woolbert
See Headstone Hebrew / English
Birth: 19 Feb 1870, Lithuania
Death: 1911 (aged 40–41), USA
Burial: Ahavath Rayim Cemetery
Greenwood, Leflore County, MS, USA
2. Moses Aron Miller
See Headstone Hebrew / English
Birth: 1884, Russia
Death: 14 Mar 1912 (aged 27–28)
Minter City, Leflore County, MS, USA
Burial: Ahavath Rayim Cemetery
Greenwood, Leflore County, MS, USA
Last updated: January 5, 2022
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Beth Israel Congregation, Jackson
(Reform Judaism)
5315 Old Canton Road,
Jackson, Mississippi 39211
Phone: (601) 956-6215
Website: http://bethisraelms.org/
Facebook: here!
Wikipedia: here!
Youth and Adult Education
Synagogue founded: 1860
Beth Israel Cemetery since 1860
North State Street at Marshall Street
Jackson, Hinds County,
Mississippi, USA
Memorials by Find a Grave
Older Burials found by FAG:
Moritz Herold
Hebrew Name: Moshe b Yitzchak
Written on Headstone in Hebrew
Birth: 21 Mar 1833,
Birth Place: Ellerstadt Reinish,
Kingdom of Bavaria,
Now part of Germany
Death: 2 Jan 1861 (aged 27)
Jackson, Hinds County,
Mississippi, USA
Burial: Beth Israel Cemetery
Jackson, Hinds County,
Mississippi, USA
Last updated: January 5, 2022
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Congregation B'nai Israel
of Hattiesburg (Reform Judaism)
901 Mamie St,
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone: 601-545-3871
Website: here!
Religious School
Cemetery: here!
Founded: 1882.
Synagogue's Building since 1946
Last updated on: January 5, 2022
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Congregation Ohel Jacob Cemetery, Meridian
5th Avenue and 18th Street
Meridian, Lauderdale County,
MS, USA
About by ISJL
Memorials by Find a Grave
Older Burials found by FAG:
Fannie Gordon
Birth: 6 Mar 1867
Death: 21 Jul 1911 (aged 44)
Burial: Congregation Ohel Jacob Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County,
Mississippi, USA
Esther Signoff
Grave Stone, Hebrew
Birth: 1881
Death: 29 Dec 1912 (aged 30–31)
Burial: Congregation Ohel Jacob Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County,
Mississippi, USA
Julian William Gordon
Son of G. & M. Gordon.
Birth: 7 Aug 1913
Death: 19 Oct 1913 (aged 2 months)
Burial: Congregation Ohel Jacob Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County,
Mississippi, USA
Freda Davidson
Birth: 11 Feb 1911
Death: 13 Dec 1913 (aged 2)
Burial: Congregation Ohel Jacob Cemetery
Meridian, Lauderdale County,
Mississippi, USA
Last updated: Jaunary 7, 2022
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Jewish Cemetery Port Gibson MS
900 Marginal St.,
Port Gibson, Mississippi
Added to NRHP: July 22, 1979
Since 1871 ? 1867?
Wikipedia: here!
Memorials by Find a Grave
Burials in 1878:
Yellow Fever Port Gibson 1878
Older Burials found by FAG:
1. Aaron Bloch
Birth: unknown
Death: 24 Jul 1867
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, 
 Mississippi, USA
Gravestone in Hebrew
2. Julia Moog
Birth: unknown
Death: 10 Jan 1872
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Port Gibson, Claiborne County,
 Mississippi, USA
Gravestone in Hebrew
Gemiluth Chesed Synagogue
of Port Gibson, MS (Reform)
1859 - 1986.   Bill and Martha Lum
 Purchased the building.
See YouTube Video.
Contact Person for a visit:
 Mr. Doug Lum
 Jewish Community started in 1830's.
Wikipedia: here!
Last updated: January 9, 2022
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Jewish Cemetery Brookhaven MS
Within Rose Hill Cemetery
East Monticello Street
Brookhaven, MS
  Established 1861
See Gate & Burial lists by RootsWeb
Photo by Lynn Franklin,
August 03, 2013
Older Burial found by Rootsweb:
David Leib B"R Shmuel Wolf
June 18, 1861 - July 10, 1862
Headstone in Hebrew / English.
His Brother, (Menachem) Emanuel Wolf
B"R Shmuel Wolf
August 15-1865 - August 15, 1866
Headstone in Hebrew / English
Jewish Community Brookhaven:
Temple B'nai Shalom Brookhaven MS
Congregation formed in 1894.
Officially closed: August 30, 2009.
Current use: The Lincoln County
 Historical and Jewish Heritage Museum
Ref ISJL: here!
Photos (2011)
Wikipedia: here!
Last updated: January 9, 2022
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Jewish Cemetery Summit,
 39666 MS
Memorials by Find a Grave
Older Burials found by FAG:
1. Lena Epstein
Daughter of L. and R. Epstein
Birth: 20 Aug 1873
Death: 25 Jan 1878 (aged 4)
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Summit, Pike County, MS, USA
Jewish Community Summit, MS
2. Adolph Heidenreich
Birth: 19 Oct 1872
Death: 25 Feb 1878 (aged 5)
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Summit, Pike County, MS, USA
3. Julius Heidenreich
Birth: 26 Jun 1877
Death: 26 Feb 1878 (aged 8 months)
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Summit, Pike County, MS, USA
4. Abraham Wadel
Birth: 1817
Inscription: Born in Kally, Russia-Poland
Death: 2 Apr 1879 (aged 61–62)
Burial: Jewish Cemetery
Summit, Pike County, MS, USA
Congregation Ahava Shalom (Reform)
1877 - 1916.
 Building destroyed by tornado:
 mid- 1920's. Ref: ISJL
Last updated: January 9, 2022
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Hebrew Rest Biloxi Mississippi
Located at Reynoir and Elder Streets
in the older section of Biloxi
Active: 1853-1916
See info on Find a Grave
Historical Landmark
was erected, reading:
"Original Biloxi Jewish Cemetery,
 One of the oldest Jewish Cemeteries in the South, established 1855."
Photo added by Ed Stallings, FAG
Memorials by Find a Grave
1.Michel Levy
(The only identified headstone found by FAG so far)
Birth: 7 Oct 1880
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: 22 Sep 1897 (aged 16)
Biloxi, Harrison County,
Mississippi, USA
Burial: Biloxi Jewish Cemetery
Biloxi, Harrison County,
Mississippi, USA
See Headstone of Michael Levy
Cemetery was purchased by:
The Congregation of the
 Hebrew Society of New Orleans
 The Jewish Community in
 Biloxi/Gulfport
Ref:  ISJL
More on Jewish Biloxi
Last updated: January 9, 2022
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