Beth Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in southwest Portland, Oregon, United States. It has the distinction of being the oldest continually running Jewish cemetery in the country.[1]
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Notable burials
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- Caroline Burke (1913–1964), actress, theater producer, and art collector
- Henry Heppner (c. 1831–1905) Businessman and namesake for Heppner, Oregon.
- Solomon Hirsch (1839–1902), community leader[2]
- Julius Meier (1874–1937), Governor of Oregon[3]
- Maurine Neuberger (1907–2000), US Senator
- Richard L. Neuberger (1912–1960), US Senator and author
- Joseph Simon (1851–1935), US Senator
See also
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edit- ^ Bergen, Teresa; Davis, Heide (2021). Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-467-14861-0.
- ^ "Solomon Hirsch, Early Jewish Pioneer Businessman and Politician of Portland Oregon". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Genealogical Publishing. p. 430. ISBN 978-0806348230. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
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