Mount Zion Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)
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| Mount Zion Cemetery | |
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 Interactive map of Mount Zion Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1916 |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 34°01′16″N 118°10′44″W / 34.021°N 118.179°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | uncertain |
| Find a Grave | Mount Zion Cemetery |
Mount Zion Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery at 1030 S. Downey Road, East Los Angeles, California.
Mount Zion has Yiddish writer Lamed Shapiro. Also buried at Zion are Samuel Weisberger – President of Congregation Talmud Torah abt 1909 (aka after 1911 Breed Street Shul), Jacob Tanenbaum – Founder of the Talmud Torah congregation Etz Jacob. The congregation was named in his honor., Morris Soriano – Founding member of the Avat Shalom Society. Early member Congregation Avat Shalom...first Sephardic congregation in Los Angeles. Max Babin and Lena Hauph – Owners of the first Kosher restaurants in Los Angeles. American comedienne phenom Fanny Brice was originally buried at Home of Peace cemetery but in 1999, after the new Memorial Gardens area was unveiled at Pierce Bros, her ashes were moved to Westwood Memorial.
