Beth Israel Cemetery is a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
cemetery
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in southwest
Portland, Oregon
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, in the United States.
Notable burials
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Caroline Burke
Caroline Flora Burke (née Berg; July 7, 1913December 5, 1964) was an American actress, theater producer, television producer, writer, and art collector. She appeared in several films in the early 1940s before becoming a theater producer in Ne ...
(1913–1964), actress, theater producer, and art collector
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Henry Heppner (c. 1831-1905) Businessman and namesake for
Heppner, Oregon
Heppner is a city in, and the county seat of, Morrow County, Oregon, United States. As of 2010, the population was 1,291. Heppner is part of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Area. Heppner is named after Henry Heppner, a prominent Jewish-Ameri ...
.
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Solomon Hirsch (1839–1902), community leader
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Julius Meier
Julius L. Meier (December 31, 1874 – July 14, 1937) was an American businessman, civic leader, and politician in the state of Oregon. The son of the Meier & Frank department store founder, he would become a lawyer before entering the family b ...
(1874–1937), Governor of Oregon
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Maurine Neuberger (1907–2000), US Senator
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Richard L. Neuberger (1912–1960), US Senator and author
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Joseph Simon
Joseph Simon (February 7, 1851February 14, 1935) was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim, Hesse, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, settling in Por ...
(1851–1935), US Senator
See also
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Beth Israel School
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Congregation Beth Israel (Portland, Oregon)
Beth Israel is a Reform congregation and Jewish synagogue in Portland, Oregon, United States. The congregation was founded in 1858, while Oregon was still a territory, and built its first synagogue in 1859.
Architecture
The congregation's fir ...
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Cemeteries in Portland, Oregon
Jewish cemeteries in Oregon
Jews and Judaism in Portland, Oregon
Southwest Portland, Oregon
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