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Who We Are - How to Contact Us
We are the Sons of Israel Cemetery Association, Inc. Our association sponsors this Web site, and the Old Jewish Cemetery restoration. A volunteer organization formed in 1955, The association's major task is to meet the needs of Jewish citizens of Franklin County by providing burial plots and by managing the Jewish burial grounds at the Lincoln Cemetery. Since that year, all Jewish burials have taken place only at Lincoln Cemetery. The last burial at the Old Jewish Cemetery took place in 1953.
Our officers include Dr. Roy Himelfarb, President, and Mrs. Helen Rudolph, Secretary, and Mrs. Elaine Spencer, Treasurer. Dr. James Wolfson is our operations manager at the Old Jewish Cemetery.
We openly solicit your interest and concern for the Old Jewish Cemetery of Chambersburg and for the many others like it, restored and desecrated, across the country. You may contact us in the following ways:
Mail: Jim Wolfson, 610 Philadelphia Avenue, Chambersburg, PA 17201
Email: djw@cvn.net (click for instant mailing)
Telephone: (717) 263-0531
FAX: (717) 263-6734
Visiting the cemetery:
We invite you to visit the cemetery, to visit the grave of an ancestor (see gravesites) or to tour the property. Here are directions from major cities in the area:
From Pittsburgh: Take the PA Turnpike East to Exit 15, Blue Mountain (Chambersburg), South on SR 997 to US 11. Turn right and proceed through downtown to Washington Street. Turn left and proceed 3.5 blocks to the cemetery. You will drive under a concrete railroad overpass just before you arrive.
From Philadelphia: Take the PA Turnpike West to I-81, then Southwest to Exit 6, US 30 West, Chambersburg. When you reach the bottom of the ramp, turn right at the light and proceed approximately one mile to Fourth Street. Turn left and go two blocks to E. Washington Street. Turn right and go one-half block to reach the cemetery.
From Baltimore or Washington: Take I-70 West to I-81 North, then go approximately 25 miles north to Exit 5, Wayne Avenue West, Chambersburg. When you reach the bottom of the ramp, turn right at the light and proceed along Wayne Avenue until it becomes US 11 North. Follow US 11 North into Downtown. When you reach Washington Street, turn right and go 3.5 blocks to the cemetery. You will drive under a concrete railroad overpass just before you arrive.
Important:
If you reach the cemetery and the gates are locked, please call (717) 263-0531
for entry. Even better, call in advance of your trip. Guided
tours are available.