http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/ms/columbus.htm has Jewish Community history and photos. [January 2009]

http://www.isjl.org/history/archive/ms/BnaiIsraelColumbusMS.htm has B'nai Israel history and photographs. "B’nai Israel was a regional congregation, attracting Jews from nearby towns like West Point, Starkville, Aberdeen, and Macon.  As a result, the congregation was always larger than the Columbus Jewish community.  In 1905, an estimated 75 Jews lived in Columbus, though as elsewhere this small population had a high visibility due to their concentration in retail trade." [January 2009]

Congregation B'nai Israel - Reform, 717 Second Avenue North Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Tel: 662-329-5038 http://ms002.urj.net/ [August 2005] "In Columbus, Mississippi, where German and Alsatian Jews were already settling by the 1830s, the local Jewish community organized congregation B'nai Israel perhaps as early as 1845, and it purchased a cemetery in 1850." [Source: http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/97-2.htm - link no longer available]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslownde/ has general Lowndes County information.

http://www.columbus-ms.org/attractions.html has Columbus information. [August 2005]

1919 Jewish population was 52 according to "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583 in American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920, volume 21. Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Comm. and submitted by Alan Hirschfeld

B'nai Israel Cemetery: inFriendship Cemetery: 4th St S And 13th Ave. Burial list. [January 2009]

Quite a number of Jews lived here dating back to the Civil War when Friendship was established. As far as I know, the Jewish area of this cemetery is still maintained. Source: Michelle Abramson; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rather than buying their own cemetery, they purchased plots in the city’s Friendship Cemetery. [January 2009]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslownde/Friendship/Friendship.html has history. This cemetery was the site of the first Memorial Day celebration on April 25, 1866. [August 2005]

1845; active; by Turitz book. Source: Eric J. Brock, Historic Preservation & Planning Consulting, P.O. Box 5877 Shreveport, LA 71135-5877. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it "'; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text94683 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .