Western Cemetery (Cheshunt)


Western Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery at Bulls Cross Ride in Cheshunt in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN7 5HT, England. It was established as the cemetery of the Western (now Western Marble Arch) Synagogue, as well as the independent West End Great Synagogue.[1] It is now run by the Western Charitable Foundation, which extends burial rights to the Jewish Joint Burial Society,[2] Liberal Judaism and Waltham Forest Hebrew Congregation. It has two prayer halls – The Barnett Ohel, dating from 1967, and the Gee Ohel.

Western Cemetery
Sign at cemetery's entrance
Details
Established1968
Location
Bulls Cross Ride, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN7 5HT
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
TypeJewish
Owned byWestern Charitable Foundation
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveWestern Cemetery

Notable interments include the grave of leading writer and theologian Rabbi Louis Jacobs (1920–2006), the founder of Masorti (Conservative) Judaism in the UK, who is buried alongside his wife Sophie (Shulamit) (1921–2005).

  • Cemetery entrance
  • Barnett Ohel (prayer hall)
  • Barnett Ohel
  • Foundation stone, Barnett Ohel
  • Gee Ohel (prayer hall)
  • Graves of Rabbi Louis Jacobs and his wife Sophie
  • Rabbi Louis Jacobs' grave
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See also

References
  1. "Masorti Judaism". JCR-UK. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Cemeteries & Crematoria". Jewish Joint Burial Society. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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