Cemeteries mark Cincinnati's Jewish history
I know that Cincinnati has a very old and rich Jewish history and a number of books have been written about the earliest communities. As a genealogy buff I find the history to be gleaned from old cemeteries to be fascinating and revealing.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cemeteries mark city’s Jewish history
By Jeff Suess 11:42 p.m. EDT October 4, 2014
On Chestnut Street, amidst the red-brick homes of the Betts-Longworth Historic District in the West End, lies a patch of grass, neatly trimmed, enclosed by brick walls draped in vines and a chain-link fence.
Within the walls are 85 tombstones, none dated later than 1849. Many of the stones are etched with Hebraic lettering, a clue that it is a Jewish cemetery.
Peeling back the tangle of vines reveals a sign: “The oldest Jewish cemetery west of the Allegheny Mountains.”
The name Chestnut Street Cemetery, or even Old Jewish Cemetery, is nowhere to be found.
Cincinnati’s Jewish history is not as pronounced as its German and Catholic heritage, but it is there if you know where to look. The Jewish cemeteries are a good place to start....
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