Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery

The cemetery spans 2.4 acres on Wordsworth Street and features numerous gravestones with both Hebrew and English inscriptions marking Jewish burials since 1844.

Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery became the first legally recognized Jewish burial ground in Massachusetts when Boston's first synagogue received permission from the city council.

The cemetery's Gothic Revival chapel, built in 1903, reflects the integration of Jewish traditions with American architectural styles of the nineteenth century.

Visitors can locate graves through maintained GPS coordinates and photographs, which document approximately 86 percent of the memorial sites within the grounds.

Prior to this cemetery's establishment, Jewish residents of Boston had to transport their deceased to Rhode Island, the West Indies, or Europe for burial.

Location: Boston

Architectural style: Gothic Revival

GPS coordinates: 42.38250,-71.01458

Latest update: March 4, 2025 00:36