About Mount Sinai Cemetery
Mount Sinai Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 3.2 mi northwest of Cheltenham. The grounds sit at about 62 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 39 notable people buried here, including Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher, Katherine M. Cohen and Mary Fels. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1181850. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home in Philadelphia, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 169 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cheltenham. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Sinai Cemetery
Among them: 5 writers, 4 business leaders, 3 US representatives, 2 physicians, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 scientist.
- Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher1892-1975American architect
- Katherine M. Cohen1859-1914American sculptor
- Mary Fels1863-1953German-born American suffragist, philanthropist, Georgist, economist, author, journal editor
- Isaac Bacharach1870-1956American politician
- Benjamin M. Golder1891-1946American politician
- Henry Myer Phillips1811-1884American politician
- Henry Phillips1838-1895American numismatist and translator
- Solomon Solis-Cohen1857-1948Jewish American physician, professor of medicine and prominent Zionist
- Horace Liveright1883-1933American publisher and stage producer
- Jacob Billikopf1882-1950American activist
- Sophie Gimbel1898-1981American fashion designer
- Bernard Gimbel1885-1966American businessman
Show all 39 notable burials
- Charles J. Solomon1906-1975American bridge player, administrator, writer, and sponsor
- Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen1838-19271838-1927 , physician and pioneer laryngologist
- Samuel F. Nixon1848-1918American theatre owner
- Adam Gimbel1817-1896American businessman
- Adam Long Gimbel1893-1969American businessman
- Benedict Gimbel Jr.1899-1971American businessman
- Charles Joseph Cohen1847-1927American manufacturer and author
- Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger1877-1931American theatre manager
- Louis Wolsey1877-1953American rabbi
- Max Einstein1822-1906
- Richard Gimbel1898-1970American businessman
- Samuel S. Fleisher1871-1944Jewish-American manufacturer, art patron, philanthropist
- Alfred Wallersteindied 1936Advertising executive
- Benedict Gimbel Sr.1869-190722 Mar 1869 - 20 Apr 1907
- Charles Gimbel1861-1932Born 11 Sep 1861; died 9 Sep 1932
- David B. Allman1891-1971American surgeon
- Edward Wolf1856-1917American printer and postcard publisher
- Ellis A. Gimbel1865-1950
- Emanuel Furth1857-1931Attorney-at-law
- Emily Goldsmith Gerson1868-1917Writer of juvenile stories
- Isaac Gimbel1856-193124 Apr 1856 - certain 11 Apr 1931
- Isaac Wolf1859-1949American printer and postcard publisher
- Jacob Gimbel1851-1922American merchant
- Jay Emanuel1892-1969American publisher
- Jonas Altamont Phillips1806-1862
- Moses A. Dropsie1821-1905Philadelphia lawyer
- Solomon D. Benoliel1873-1932American electro-chemist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Sinai Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Mount Sinai Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Adath Jeshurun CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.1 mi
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- Mount Carmel CemeteryCheltenham, PAJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery0.5 mi
- North Cedar Hills CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Frankford Friends New Burial GroundCheltenham, PAQuaker cemetery0.7 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.0 mi
- The Presbyterian Church of Frankford CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.1 mi
- Emanuel United Church of Christ CemeteryPhiladelphia, PAChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- St Joachim Roman Catholic Church CemeteryPhiladelphia, PACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Sinai Cemetery
- Gilbert H Schobert Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 743-2727
- Walton B. Brown Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-6301
- McCafferty-Sweeney Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 333-0500
- Rose Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 535-3080
- Edward J. Petner Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 338-1466
- Amadorez Funeral Home LLC1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 904-7697
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mount Sinai Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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