Jaffa Old Protestant Cemetery, Protestant cemetery in Jaffa, Israel

Jaffa Old Protestant Cemetery is a small, inactive burial ground at the end of an alley off Yefet Street, behind the Scottish Tabitha School. It holds 30 identified graves and four fragmentary remains, and the site is neglected. The land belongs to the Anglican Church in Jerusalem.

The land was bought in March 1842 by Bishop Michael Solomon Alexander, who had just arrived in the Holy Land, on behalf of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem. That same year seven British sailors drowned in a shipwreck off the city and were buried here. General Edward Thomas Michell, who died in Jaffa in 1841, was moved to the cemetery in the late 1870s.

The cemetery represents the presence of Protestant communities in Jaffa during the 19th century, particularly those connected to British and American consulates.

The cemetery is located behind Tabitha Scottish school, accessible through an alley branching from number 19 on Yefet Street. Allow time to explore at your own pace, as gravestones are scattered throughout the compact grounds and some inscriptions may be faint with age.

Of the original burial sites, about 30 graves remain identifiable while four others survive only as fragmentary remnants. This mixture of well-preserved and partially destroyed graves reflects decades of exposure to the elements and changing conditions around the site.