Ahavas Israel Cemetery

Ahavas Israel Cemetery is located at 1801 Garfield Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the cemetery for the Conservative Ahavas Israel congregation.

Ahavas Israel Cemetery
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Established1916
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°59′47″N 85°41′58″W / 42.99627137032556°N 85.69949495485139°W / 42.99627137032556; -85.69949495485139
TypeJewish
Owned byCongregation Ahavas Israel
Find a GraveAhavas Israel Cemetery

The Ahavas Achim Cemetery was created in 1916 by members of the Ahavas Achim and the Workmen's Circle. The Ahavas Achim was a conservative community founded by Orthodox members that had split from Grand Rapid's Temple Beth Israel in 1908. The Workmen's Circle was a service organisation for Jewish men. Temple Beth Israel and Ahavas Achim eventually merged in 1947, having begun discussions on a merger in 1937 prompted by the financial pressures of maintaining two Orthodox congregations in the midst of the Great Depression in the United States. The cemetery was renamed the Ahavas Israel Cemetery in 1962.[1]

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  1. ^ Thomas R. Dilley (2014). The Art of Memory: Historic Cemeteries of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wayne State University Press. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-8143-4020-2.
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