Old Jewish Cemetery
The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron is located on a hill to the west of the Tomb of Machpela. It has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years.Photo: אורלילי, Public domain.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: ancient Jewish Cemetery in Hebron
- Also known as: “Old Jewish Cemetery (Hebron)”, “Old Jewish cemetery, Hebron”, and “Old Jewish Cemetery, Hebron”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron Observatory.
Cave of the Patriarchs
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem. Cave of the Patriarchs is situated 1 km east of Old Jewish Cemetery.
Hebron Observatory
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: בן נחום, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hebron Observatory is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 260 metres east of Old Jewish Cemetery.
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town is situated 1 km east of Old Jewish Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hebron and Kiryat Arba.
Hebron
Hebron is an ancient city in the southern West Bank. It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.
Kiryat Arba
Village
Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2024 it had a population of 7,698.
Qilqis
Village
Photo: سجى نبيل أبو سنينة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qilqis is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate in the Southern West Bank. Qilqis is situated 3½ km south of Old Jewish Cemetery.
Old Jewish Cemetery
- Categories: Jewish cemetery and burial
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.52509° or 31° 31′ 30″ northLongitude
35.09943° or 35° 5′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8G3QG3GX+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 110072242OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q6264374
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Old Jewish Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المقبرة اليهودية القديمة في الخليل”
- German: “Alter Jüdischer Friedhof, Hebron”
- Hebrew: “בית העלמין היהודי העתיק בחברון”
- Hebrew: “בית העלמין העתיק בחברון”
- Hebrew: “בית קברות יהודי עתיק”
- Portuguese: “Antigo Cemitério de Judeus, Hebron”
- Portuguese: “Antigo Cemitério de Judeus”
- Spanish: “Antiguo cementerio judio de Hebron”
- Spanish: “Antiguo cementerio judío de Hebrón”
- Spanish: “Antiguo Cementerio Judío”
- Spanish: “cementerio judío de Hebrón”
- Yiddish: “אלטע בית עולם פון חברון”
- Yiddish: “אלטע בית עולם, חברון”
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