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Revision as of 19:05, 7 April 2010
The Knesseth Israel and Beth-El Cemetery is a cemetery founded in 1890 by the Knesseth Israel Congregation on land donated by Temple Emanu-El adjoining its own Northside Cemetery on 11th Court North in the Enon Ridge neighborhood.
When Temple Beth-El split from Knesseth Israel in 1908, the congregations maintained a joint cemetery association and Chevra Kadisha society, which prepares the dead for burial. That partnership was strained when Beth-El formally joined the conservative synagogue movement in the 1940s. A lawsuit to dissolve their financial ties to the cemetery was filed, but was dropped in 1960.
References
- "Birmingham, Alabama" (2006) Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life