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History: In 1885 a burial ground on Liberty and Vroom Streets adjoining the Har Sinai Cemetery was laid out. In 1907 it was enlarged.
Site Information: The Liberty Street Cemetery is fully enclosed with a wrought iron fence with occasional brick/stone pediments. The name of the congregation is on the gate facing Vroom Street. There are paved walkways, but no roads for vehicles. It is well kept and crowded. Medium to large stones, many with long Yiddish inscriptions.
Congregation Brothers of Israel, 530 Washington Crossing Road, Newtown, PA 18940; phone: 215-579-2200; www.cboi.org; transcribed by Elizabeth Carlson 2013
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