Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (Winnipeg)

Shaarey Zedek Cemetery is a Conservative Jewish burial ground in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Operated by the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, it is the largest Jewish cemetery in the Canadian Prairies, with more than 8,000 graves as of 1996.

In 2012, a Jewish interfaith burial ground was installed in a fenced-off section with a separate entrance to accommodate interment of Jews alongside their non-Jewish spouses.

These belong to Samuel's parents, Ekiel (Yechiel) and Minnie (Mindel) Bronfman, and his baby sister, Minette.

[15] The interfaith cemetery was opened in response to the high intermarriage rate in the city; at the time, an estimated 70% of Jews were marrying a non-Jewish spouse.

The 203-plot[16] cemetery provides a traditional Jewish burial for Jews even as they are buried alongside their non-Jewish partner.

[15] In November 1918, a black wedding (Yiddish: shvartze chasunah) was held in the cemetery during the Spanish flu pandemic.

[19] In 1931, the cemetery was part of a solemn parade route on Decoration Day, which included the laying of wreaths at each of the city's burial grounds.

Rabbi Solomon Frank of Shaarey Zedek Synagogue recited the "El Malei Rachamim" memorial prayer, while members of the local B'nai Brith Lodge laid a wreath.