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The existence of a Jewish cemetery in 1786 indicates a Jewish community of some size. How long previous to that year the cemetery had been established is not known. The earliest mention of it occurs in a document (which was in the possession of Mr. Mendes Cohen of Baltimore), dated July 12, 1786, headed "Mr. Carroll's [i.e. Charles Carroll of Carrollton's] claims".
Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Maryland, is located entirely within the Baltimore Highlands. The cemetery's original grounds were purchased by the Fells Point Hebrew Friendship Congregation in 1849. [2] In the years since then, the cemetery has expanded until it now stretches from Baltimore Street (south) to ...
Burials at Hebrew Friendship Cemetery (5 P) G. German-Jewish culture in Baltimore (9 P) O. Orthodox Judaism in Baltimore (16 P, 2 F) P. ... Baltimore Hebrew University;
Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Gates of Prayer"), also known as the Shul in the Park, is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located on Druid Hill Park at 2001 Liberty Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. Completed in 1927, in September 2023 it was reported that the synagogue had ...
The cemetery which became known as the Etting Cemetery, was the oldest Jewish cemetery in Baltimore. [16] Solomon Etting and Jacob Cohen were elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1826 a few months after the state constitution was amended to modify the requirement that elected officials swear a "Christian oath."
Congregation Shearith Israel (Hebrew: קהילת שארית ישראל דבאלטימאר; nicknamed The Glen Avenue Shul) is a historic Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 5835 Park Heights Avenue, in Park Heights, northwest Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.
Chizuk Amuno Congregation sold the building to B'nai Israel for $12,000 in 1895 when it moved to Northwest Baltimore. [12] [13] [14] In 1973, the congregation began raising funds for the restoration of the synagogue. [4] B'nai Israel donated land to the City of Baltimore to build a park near the synagogue in 1975.
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, [1] and lies within the Madison Park Historic District, [3] however outside the Baltimore National Heritage Area. The building was acquired by the Berea Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1960, and repurposed as a church.