Jewish cemetery of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Jewish cemetery in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France.

The Jewish cemetery of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue covers 9,460 m² south of town, entered through a portal and enclosed by a fence. About forty graves remain, mostly from the last century of use, grouped in the plots of four families: Abram, Carcassonne, Crémieux and Créange. Pale stone and concrete tombs stand in grass behind a rusted iron fence; a tall pillar capped by a flat slab carries the Hebrew letters פ and נ and the digits ת and ר.

The cemetery first lay beside the Jewish quarter, the carrière, and was moved south of town as the town grew. In 1736 the community bought adjoining land from Jean-Jacques Guérin for 650 livres. Listed in the 1906 inventory after the 1905 separation of church and state, it stayed in communal hands with usufruct kept until 1939, the year of the last burial. It was inscribed as a monument historique on 30 June 2008.

The gravestones carry Hebrew inscriptions and Jewish symbols that reflect the religious practices of the community that lived in this region. You can see how these traditions shaped the way people honored their dead.

The cemetery lies south of the town centre, entered through a single portal in a fence enclosing 9,460 m². About forty graves remain, grouped in the enclosures of the Abram, Carcassonne, Crémieux and Créange families. The site, its portal, tombs and ground were inscribed as a monument historique on 30 June 2008.

Among those buried here is Abram Adolphe Michel, a former mayor of the town who served from 1871 to 1874 and led the local community. His presence shows how important this burial ground was to the Jewish families and to the town itself.