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First Shearith Israel Graveyard, also known as Chatham Square Cemetery, is a tiny Jewish graveyard at 55-57 St. James Place in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is the oldest of three Manhattan graveyards currently maintained by Congregation Shearith Israel ( Hebrew , "Remnant of Israel"), which is itself the ...
It is located in the city's Cemetery Belt, bisected by the border between Brooklyn and Queens. It is a rural cemetery in style, and was started in 1851 by three Manhattan Jewish congregations: Congregation Shearith Israel (Spanish Portuguese) on West 70th Street, B'nai Jeshurun on West 89th Street, and Temple Shaaray Tefila on East 79th Street.
Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery: Queens: Ridgewood: 1875 No — Machpelah Cemetery: Queens: Ridgewood: 1855 1980 – [7] Maimonides Cemetery: Brooklyn: Cypress Hills: 1853 1900 — Mokom Sholom Cemetery: Queens: Ozone Park: 1864 No — [1] Old Montefiore Cemetery: Queens: Springfield Gardens: 1908 No Yes [8] Mount Carmel Cemetery: Queens: Glendale ...
The Congregation Shearith Israel (Hebrew: קהילת שארית ישראל, romanized: Kehilat She'arit Yisra'el, lit. 'Congregation Remnant of Israel'), often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West 70th Street, at Central Park West, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
, The Sephardim of England: A History of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community 1492–1951: London 1951; Katz and Serels (ed.), Studies on the History of Portuguese Jews: New York, 2004 ISBN 978-0-87203-157-9; Laski, Neville, The Laws and Charities of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation of London
Gershom Mendes Seixas (January 15, 1745 – July 2, 1816) was the first native-born Jewish religious leader in the United States.He served as the hazzan of Congregation Shearith Israel, New York City's first Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, for about five decades.
First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery), Chinatown [2] New York Marble Cemetery, [3] East Village, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City; New York City Marble Cemetery, [4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan
Pages in category "Jewish cemeteries in New York City" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .