Topic summary
Baron Hirsch
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Maurice de Hirsch.
Commemoration
The Beth Israel Synagogue (Halifax, Nova Scotia) originally was known as the "Baron de Hirsch Benevolent Society". There is also a Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis, Tennessee, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Halifax, Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal and Baron Hirsch Cemetery on Staten Island, New York, are also named for him.