Place: Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery
Address: 147 Wordsworth Street
Neighborhood: East Boston
On April 23, 2015, I went to East Boston and the first Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts.
To visit Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery, ride bus 120 along Bennington Street to Wordsworth Street. Or walk from Wood Island or Orient Heights.
"In 1844, the City Council granted Boston's first synagogue permission to purchase this then-remote East Boston lot as a burying place. It was the first legally established Jewish cemetery in the state. Prior to this, Boston Jews were sent to Rhode Island, the West Indies, or Europe for burial in sacred ground. Temple Ohabei Shalom, formed in 1842 by German Jews from Boston's Fort Hill, remained downtown. From 1880, the port of East Boston served as gateway to its own large Jewish population, which often used these grounds as a park. The cemetery, still active, marks Boston's historic Jewish presence."
To learn more about Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Ohabei_Shalom_Cemetery
http://www.jcam.org/Pages/Cemeteries/Cemetery_Pages/EastBoston.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2169007
