Dispersed of Judah Cemetery


The Dispersed of Judah Cemetery, located at 4901 Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the second Jewish cemetery established in the city, having been founded in 1846. It is a 17.5-acre extant, private-Jewish cemetery and remains as the oldest surviving Jewish burial ground in New Orleans.

Construction

The cemetery was established in 1846, immediately after the Sephardic congregation Nefuzoth Yehudah was created with support from benefactor Judah Touro. That same year, property adjacent to St. Patrick Cemetery No. 2 along Canal Street was purchased and donated for the cemetery's creation. The layout incorporates below-ground burials. The grounds include numerous artistic features, marble sculptures, and tree stump memorials. The landscape includes trees, open spaces, and classical monuments. The cemetery also includes a special section reserved historically for suicide victims.

Notable burials