Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks operates two Jewish cemeteries in York Region, north of Toronto. THMP is a not-for-profit, community-owned agency, based in Toronto at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre. What became THMP was first conceived of by lawyer and Temple Sinai president Sidney Freedman in 1965 when he saw the need for a community-run cemetery. In 1970, he purchased the property that would become Pardes Shalom and began the process of rezoning the land for use as a cemetery.[1][2] In 1972, he founded Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks, gifting the land to the community.[3][1]
THMP operates the two largest Jewish burial grounds in the Greater Toronto Area, Pardes Shalom and Pardes Chaim.[4]
Pardes Shalom Cemetery
editPardes Shalom (43°53′08″N 79°29′18″W / 43.88556°N 79.48833°W) opened in 1977 and is a resting place for over 30,000 on an 89-acre (36 ha) site in Vaughan, Ontario, on Dufferin Street, north of Major Mackenzie Drive.[5]
Notable burials
editPardes Chaim Cemetery
editPardes Chaim (43°54′39″N 79°28′42″W / 43.91083°N 79.47833°W) opened in 2010 in Vaughan, on Bathurst Street, north of Elgin Mills Road.[8] The newer site will be able to provide between 70,000 and 90,000 burial plots over 200 acres (81 ha).[1]
Notable burials
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Pardes Chaim officially opens to community". Canadian Jewish News. October 27, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "Sidney Freedman". Ontario Jewish Archives. Ontario Jewish Archives. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks. THMP. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Kraft, Frances (May 3, 2018). "New cemetery for interfaith couples opens in the GTA". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "Pardes Shalom Cemetery".
- ^ "Corey Haim's mom opens up about son's snubs, tributes to Cory Monteith". Global News. October 4, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Elliot Harvey Atkin". Steeles Memorial Chapel. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Pardes Chaim Cemetery".
- ^ "Chauffeur to mobsters, friend to Muhammad Ali, and Canada's most prolific police informant: Marvin 'The Weasel' Elkind dead at 89". National Post. January 25, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.