Jewish Cemetery
Gomel Chesed Cemetery
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Gomel Chesed Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Below you will find directions and other Jewish places nearby.
About Gomel Chesed Cemetery
Gomel Chesed Cemetery is a historic Jewish cemetery on the border of Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, near Newark Airport off McClellan Avenue. It was founded in the 1890s by the Independent Order of Ohav Zedek, a lodge that helped Jewish immigrants settle in the area, and is still maintained by a cemetery association.
- Founded in the 1890s by the Independent Order of Ohav Zedek
- Located on the Newark and Elizabeth border near Newark Airport
- Maintained by a board of directors, with a caretaker living on the grounds (as of 2015)
Jewish cemeteries are places of honor and remembrance, where families come to visit, say Kaddish, and leave a stone on the grave as a sign of remembrance. For plot records, visiting hours, and burial information, contact the cemetery or its associated congregation or burial society directly.
Sources: New Jersey Jewish News; JewishGen Cemetery Project. Checked October 2026.
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