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Dispersed of Judah Cemetery

1846 establishments in LouisianaCemeteries established in the 1840sCemeteries in New OrleansJewish cemeteries in Louisiana
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The Dispersed of Judah Cemetery, located at 4901 Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the second Jewish cemetery established in the city, having been founded in 1846. It is a 17.5-acre extant, private-Jewish cemetery and remains as the oldest surviving Jewish burial ground in New Orleans.

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Dispersed of Judah Cemetery
Canal Street, New Orleans

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Canal Street 4905
70119 New Orleans
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