Har Jehuda Cemetery
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Har Jehuda Cemetery

Also known as Har Judah Cemetery, Har Yehuda Cemetery

Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Har Jehuda (also spelled Har Yehuda), located on 27 acres, was founded by Julius Moskowitz, a Russian-Jew, who was president of the Independent Chevra Kadisha in South Philadelphia . It was the first Jewish cemetery west of Philadelphia. Moskowitz, a Russian-Jew, decided to establish in the mid-1890s a Jewish burial ground for Eastern European Jews without regard to their country of origin. It was assessible by inter-urban trolley car that connected Upper Darby and West Chester to Philadelphia. It was the first non-profit cemetery established for the concentrated population of Eastern European Jews in South Philadelphia.


This cemetery is very large. If you are requesting a photo, please obtain the plot location before requesting a photo. This can be done by calling the cemetery.


Please add the plot location to the photo request and update the memorial page with the plot location as well. This will facilitate the photo volunteer in fulfilling your photo request.


The non-official burial records on ancestry.com for this cemetery, i.e. from the "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013", have already been entered into this cemetery by a volunteer. These records frequently contain names and dates that don't match the true names and dates on the gravestones and death certificates. For all these records, the names and dates on findagrave.com have been corrected.

Har Jehuda (also spelled Har Yehuda), located on 27 acres, was founded by Julius Moskowitz, a Russian-Jew, who was president of the Independent Chevra Kadisha in South Philadelphia . It was the first Jewish cemetery west of Philadelphia. Moskowitz, a Russian-Jew, decided to establish in the mid-1890s a Jewish burial ground for Eastern European Jews without regard to their country of origin. It was assessible by inter-urban trolley car that connected Upper Darby and West Chester to Philadelphia. It was the first non-profit cemetery established for the concentrated population of Eastern European Jews in South Philadelphia.


This cemetery is very large. If you are requesting a photo, please obtain the plot location before requesting a photo. This can be done by calling the cemetery.


Please add the plot location to the photo request and update the memorial page with the plot location as well. This will facilitate the photo volunteer in fulfilling your photo request.


The non-official burial records on ancestry.com for this cemetery, i.e. from the "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013", have already been entered into this cemetery by a volunteer. These records frequently contain names and dates that don't match the true names and dates on the gravestones and death certificates. For all these records, the names and dates on findagrave.com have been corrected.

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  • Added: 1 Jan 2000
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 45030