Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association Perpetual Care CardsMSS 1226
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association Perpetual Care Cards
- Creator
- Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association
- Collection Number
- MSS 1226
- Extent
- 0.5 linear feet 1 box
- Date
- c1961-c1988
- Language
- English .
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
Biographical / Historical
Anshe Lubovitz was a Jewish congregation in the Hill District. It was founded in 1907 by immigrants from the town of Lubavitch, in present-day Russia. In 1921, the congregation purchased a synagogue at 110 Erin St. Anshe Lubovitz disbanded sometime in the 1940s but retained a cemetery in Shaler Township. The cemetery has been overseen by various entities through the years and is currently managed by the Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association.
The Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association was formed in 1992 after the United Jewish Federation Cemetery Association and the Hebrew Burial Society (originally called Chevre Chesed Shel Emeth) merged. The Hebrew Burial Society was organized in 1853 to provide Orthodox Jewish burials for the poor. The mission of the association continues to be to preserve and maintain the cemeteries of now-defunct synagogues and benevolent societies, as well as the original Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in Millvale, Shaler Township.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains alphabetized index cards listing burials in the Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery and the names and addresses of next of kin responsible for perpetual care funding.
Arrangement
The Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association Perpetual Care Cards collection is housed in one box and is arranged alphabetically by last name.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift from Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association in 2020. Archives accession 2020.0105
Preferred Citation
Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery Association Perpetual Care Cards, c1961-c1986, MSS 1226, Rauh Jewish Archives, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Processing Information
Processing by Catelyn Cocuzzi on 01/14/2021.
Conditions Governing Use
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Related Materials
New Light Congregation Records and Photographs, MSS 1230
Subjects
- Anshe Lubovitz Cemetery (Shaler Township, Pa.)
- Jewish Cemetery and Burial Association (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Shaler Township (Pa.)
- Jews -- Religious life.
- Jewish cemeteries.
- Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County.
- Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Shaler Township.
- Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh