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Title: W. Laurel Hill Cemetery plans a Jewish section
Author: Holmes, Kristin E.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 11/27/2009
Folder/Item #: Cemeteries (3) West Laurel Hill; 35
Notes:
Abstract: Officials of the cemetery plan to create a Jewish section of two-acres to include space for 1500 people. The new burial ground will be called Chesed Shel Emes (‘a true act of kindness’) in Hebrew.