Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
Jewish cemetery in New Jersey
Mount Moriah Cemetery | |
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Established | 1910 |
Location |
685 Farivew Avenue
Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey |
Country | United States |
Type | Jewish |
No. of graves | 28,000+ |
Website | Mount Moriah Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Mount Moriah Cemetery |
Mount Moriah Cemetery is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades , nearby the Fairview Cemetery . [1]
Moriah ( Hebrew : מוֹרִיָּה , Modern : Moriyya , Tiberian : Môriyyā ) ( Arabic : مروة Marwah ) is the name given to a mountain by the Book of Genesis , in which context it is the location of the sacrifice of Isaac .
Notable interments
- Pesach Ackerman (1928–2013), Rabbi of Meseritz Synagogue [2]
- Camilla Frydan (1887–1949), Austrian-born pianist, singer, composer and songwriter
- Robert P. Grover (1916–1942), first Jewish serviceman from Jersey City to die in WWll [3]
- Russell Harding (d. 2008), New York City administrator [4]
- Arthur George Klein (1904–1968), United States Representative (NY) [5]
- Ira Rubin (1930–2013), American professional contract bridge player [6]
- Garry Winogrand (1928–1984), street photographer [7]
- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011), American medical physicist, and co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mt. Moriah Jewish Cemetery" . Bergen County: Fairview . Jewish Cemetery Project. 2009 . Retrieved 2013-10-02 .
- ↑ "Rabbi Pesach Ackerman of Anshe Meseritz dies at 84 | amNewYork" . www.amny.com . June 20, 2013.
- ↑ "NJCU:Robert P. Grover" .
- ↑ New York Times October 7, 2012
- ↑ "Mount Moriah Cemetery in Fairview, New Jersey - Find a Grave Cemetery" . www.findagrave.com .
- ↑ Levin, Jay (February 7, 2013). "Ira Rubin, world champion bridge player, dies at 82" . ( Bergen Record ) North Jersey.com . Retrieved 2013-02-09 .
- ↑ "Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com . Retrieved 2021-07-18 .
- ↑ "Dr Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921–2011) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com .
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