Chevra Kaddisha (Home of Peace Cemetery)

A chevra kaddisha is not a place. It is the volunteer society that washes and watches over the dead, and Sacramento's Jewish community had one before it had a building to pray in. In November 1850 a deed put a lot in the square between Thirty-second and Thirty-third into trust for the Sacramento City Hebrew Association as a burial ground, the first Jewish cemetery in California. The landmark carries the society's name rather than the ground's. There is no plaque here of any kind.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sacramento — 2.4 mi
  The Gold Rush river port that became the state capital, and jacked itself ten feet into the air to stop drowning.

More markers nearby

• New Helvetia Cemetery — steps away
• Coloma Road-Sutter's Fort — 0.4 mi
• Sutter's Fort — 0.4 mi
• State Indian Museum — 0.4 mi