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Beth Israel Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)

Coordinates: 45°27′44″N 122°41′01″W / 45.4621866°N 122.6837110°W / 45.4621866; -122.6837110
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Beth Israel Cemetery
The cemetery in 2017
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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]

Notable burials

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The chapel's exterior, 2017

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bergen, Teresa; Davis, Heide (2021). Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-467-14861-0.
  2. ^ "Solomon Hirsch, Early Jewish Pioneer Businessman and Politician of Portland Oregon". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. ^ 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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45°27′44″N 122°41′01″W / 45.4621866°N 122.6837110°W / 45.4621866; -122.6837110