also see Ballwin

St. Louis Jewish Archives, Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146, (314) 432-0020.

Book: Jews in St. Louis by Walter Erlich, a history published 1996.

SYNAGOGUES:

Bais Abraham Congregation - http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/7096/BaisAbe.html [October 2002]

B'nai El Congregation - St. Louis, MO - http://uahc.org/congs/mo/mo001 [October 2002]

Central Reform Congregation - http://uahc.org/congs/mo/mo004 [October 2002]

Congregation B'nai Amoona - http://uscj.org/central/stlouisba [October 2002]

Congregation Shaare Emeth - http://www.inlink.com/~shaare_e/ [October 2002]

Congregation Temple Israel - Creve Coeur, MO - http://www.ti-stl.org/ October 2002]

Nusach Hari B'nai Zion - http://www.nhbz.org/ [October 2002]

United Hebrew Congregation - St. Louis, MO - http://www.unitedhebrew.org [October 2002]

Seven Jewish cemeteries are in the St. Louis area. Five are in the suburbs of University City and Ladue, areas with high Jewish population from the late 1940's to the 1980's. Before that, these western areas probably were undeveloped when the cemetery sites were bought. One cemetery is on the south side of St. Louis. One is in the far western suburbs. Source: Co-chair of the St. Louis JGS Cemetery Project, 432-2614; e-mail - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery: 9125 Ladue Rd., 991-0264. Graves date from 1901; caretaker on site. Source: David Zinner. p 11945 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cginbr.dll?MEM=1&BUS=112461059&CID=1668&S=MO&TTL=Location&TYPE=1050 [October 2002]

B'nai Amoona Congregation Cemetery: 930 N and South Rd. St Louis, 63130. Phone: (314) 725-2033

Conservative; raised stones; caretaker on site; Jewish War Veterans monument at entrance; source: David Zinner.

p. 11947 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

p 11951 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cginbr.dll?MEM=1&BUS=108349789&CID=1668&S=MO&TTL=Location&TYPE=1050 [October 2002]

Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery: 7570 Olive Street Road, St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 721-4658 and new branch at 2 White Rd., 469-1891. At corner of Olive and North & South Rd., 700 North and South Rd/ 95 numbered sections + letters A to S; across the street from Rosenbloom Monument Co. Fenced, large gates, well maintained graves. Caretaker lives on site. Entrance memorial: "In Memory of the men who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our country and whose bodies repose in this cemetery - W.W.I, W.W.II". Cemetery has lots of trees, raised stones, and foot stones. Source David Zinner.

See p 11931 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit MI: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

In "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25,1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; Volume 21 Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee submitted by Alan Hirschfeld.

Chevra Kadisha Cemetery: 1601 North & South Rd., St. Louis, MO.63130 (314) 427-0160. Source: Julian H. Preisler This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(Chevra Kadisha Adas B'nai Israel V'Yeshurun Cemetery Association) A four-foot metal fence surrounded the site. Small 1965 Chevra Kadisha Cemetery monument reads: "This monument has been erected in memory of the founder of this cemetery - Morris Saffron and to the men dedicated to the purpose of making this an everlasting resting place for the departed; lots of trees." Source: David Zinner Chevra Kadisha Cemetery: 1601 N and South Rd., St Louis, MO 63130, (314) 427-0160.

http://www.MapsOnUs.com/bin/maps-maponly/usr=~3da044b6.a34bf.62.5/c=1/refsrc=SB.newsb/isredir=1/[October 2002]

Mount Olive: see United Hebrew Temple Cemetery

Mount Sinai Cemetery: 10,000 burials on JGS diskette at office at United Hebrew Mount Sinai Cemetery Association. Documents exist in AJA . American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel); 513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA contact form : Register of deaths. 1859-1972. Microfilm No. 861 and 10,000 burials at office at United Hebrew Mount Sinai Cemetery Association: Constitution and bylaws. 1884. Small Collections. New Mt Sinai Cemetery Assn: 8430 Gravois Rd, St Louis, MO 63123-4602. (314) 353-2540.

http://www.MapsOnUs.com/bin/maps-maponly/usr=~3da046f2.aadb3.4fbb.4/c=1/refsrc=SB.newsb/isredir=1/ [October 2002]

New Mount Sinai Cemetery: 8430 Gravois Rd., 353-2540 p11962 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Int., 1994. ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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

Website: http://uahc.org/congs/mo/mo005/

Ohave Sholom Cemetery: 7400 Olive Blvd. 15-foot high bushes surround the cemetery on three sides. A 10-foot high concrete wall encloses the eastern end. A 4x6 foot red granite stone with an urn on either side and three small curved benches is the Holocaust Memorial Marker dedicated by the Chevra Kaddisha Ohave Sholom in October 1949. "This commemorates the supreme sacrifice through martyrdom of our dear ones who gave up their lives as victims of Nazi barbarism 1933-1945." Annual memorial service takes place on Sunday before Rosh Hashanah for members and relatives of the Chevra. All stones face east, ten rows of twenty sites or about 90% full. Raised stones. In 1996, the cemetery fought with a developer who wanted to build apartments around the cemetery. Problems include water drainage and lack of gravediggers. Source: David Zinner

Sherith Israel: "Directory of Jewish Local Organizations in the United States" pp. 330-583. American Jewish Year Book 5680 September 25, 1919 to Sept. 12, 1920; Volume 21 Edited by Harry Schneiderman for the American Jewish Committee; submitted by Alan Hirschfeld

United Hebrew Temple Cemetery: originally Mt. Olive at 7855 Canton; 726-4666. (Mt. Olive Avenue dead ends at the cemetery.) Reform cemetery at the corner of North & South and Canton with caretaker on site. Flat inground markers are on some newer sites. Burials date from 1860. Monument in eastern section reads: "This monument erected by the United Hebrew Congregation is dedicated to the memory of those whose remains were transferred from the burial grounds on Jefferson Avenue to Mount Olive Cemetery on Sunday June 6, 1880 - 5640." Documents exist in AJA . American Jewish Archives, 3101 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel); 513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA contact form : Pelta Peltasohn. Cemetery deed, Mt. Olive cemetery of the United Hebrew Congregation, St. Louis, MO. Jan. 27, 1870. Documents file. Source: David Zinner