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Mikveh Israel Cemetery

Philadelphia, Italy

Mikveh Israel Cemetery

The Mikveh Israel Cemetery Beth-El-Emeth at 55th and Market Streets is a Jewish cemetery in West Philadelphia founded in 1850 and dedicated in 1857 by Isaac Leeser’s Congregation Beth-El-Emeth as Beth-El-Emeth Cemetery (Hebrew: בית אל אמת). Kahal Kadosh Beth-El-Emeth “Holy Congregation of the True G

od” (or “God of Truth”) was founded in 1857 by Joseph Newhouse as a pulpit for Rev. Isaac Leeser after Leeser left Congregation Mikveh Israel. The congregation followed the "Spanish & Portuguese" rite despite most members hailing from Germany. They met in a former church on the east side of Franklin Street above Green Street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood. Many of its members had formerly belonged to Mikveh Israel and rejoined it when Beth-El-Emeth dissolved itself in 1897. Congregation Mikveh Israel took possession of the Beth El Emeth Cemetery in 1895. Rev. Leeser died on February 1, 1868, and was interred on February 4, 1868. The procession proceeded from his residence at 1227 Walnut St, past Mikveh Israel and Rodeph Shalom to Beth El Emeth where the service was conducted. The procession than continued to West Philadelphia and the cemetery. The burial was officiated by Mikveh...

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