First decisions
Trumpeldor Cemetery was established in 1902, a full seven years before the first neighborhoods of what would become Tel Aviv were constructed. Its immediate cause was both practical and tragic: An epidemic struck the city of Jaffa—the ancient city that gave birth to its northern neighbor—and the old Jewish cemetery proved unable to accommodate the number of victims.
At the same time, in a bid to fight the spread of the epidemic, the ruling Ottoman authorities decreed that none of the victims—Jewish or Arab—could be buried within the city limits.
Separate plots were allocated for each community, and businessman Shimon Rokeach, a prominent member of Jaffa’s Jewish community—who eventually became the second mayor of Tel Aviv—supervised the establishment of the new cemetery on 12 dunams north of the city.
By the time the British conquered Palestine during World War I and established the British Mandatory government, the cemetery had already become the primary burial place for the Jews of Jaffa and the nascent Tel Aviv.
History
Trumpeldor cemetery, Israel, Tel Aviv (Hebrew: בית הקברות טרומפלדור), often referred to as the "Old Cemetery," is a historic cemetery on Trumpeldor Street in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The cemetery covers 10.6 acres, and contains approximately 5,000 graves. The cemetery was founded in 1902 on a tract of unoccupied land in Jaffa, six years before the founding of Ahuzat Bayit, the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv.
Buried there are the city's founders, early residents, and cultural and historical figures, including Moshe Sharett, the second Prime Minister of Israel. When the cemetery opened, its location was far from populated areas but today it is located in downtown Tel Aviv, north of Trumpeldor Street, between Hovevei Zion and Zion Pinsker streets, where its three entry gates are located.
The eastern gate is the oldest. The main gate (center) was opened in 1926 with the interment of the remains of Max Nordau. Today, only persons holding plots purchased long ago and a small number willing to pay many thousands of dollars are buried there. The eastern section is the oldest and includes the tombs of the early leaders in Tel Aviv, and Jews from Jaffa.
The remains of well-known persons may be found in the southwest corner. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who list the cemetery as Tel Aviv Jewish Cemetery, maintain one Commonwealth service war grave, of a Jewish soldier of the British Royal Fusiliers (1920).
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