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Cemeteries

Online Resources

JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register (JOWBR) - A massive Jewish burial database with over 4.2 million entries from 143 countries. Includes 712 cemeteries in Israel with over 1.6 million burials recorded.

Must be logged in to access search results. Membership is free, donations are encouraged

• Search engine
• Index of all cemeteries included in the database, including Israel

Billion Graves - World's largest headstone database with digitized images and transcriptions. According to the website, all of the cemeteries in Israel have been digitized and are included in this database.

Open access, no membership required

• Search engine
• Cemetery search

Mount of Olives Cemetery - A website dedicated to the Mount of Olives Cemetery, including a grave search, stories about the deceased, maps, and other resources.

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Burial Societies

• Burial Societies in Israel - Very helpful information if you are trying to find where someone was buried in Israel. Each burial society maintains their own records of burials and can be contacted for more information.
• Tel Aviv Burial Society Database Search Engine
• Steve Morse Translating Aid

For Further Reading

• Read the Jewish Cemeteries article.
• Tidbits about Graves in Israel, by Dahn Cukier
• Hebrew Acronyms on Tombstones and Death Registers Downloadable Chart.
• Deciphering Jewish Gravestones, by Philip Trauring. Long article on understanding Hebrew epitaphs, including a 34-page PDF version.