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Yad Chorutzim-Tifereth Israel
‘North Avondale Synagogue’
Presentation by Ray WarrenJCGC Board Meeting – June 2011
North Avondale SynagogueNorth Avondale SynagogueThen and NowThen and Now
3870 Reading Road
From: http://www.americansynagoguearchitecture.com/OhioSamplePage.htm
HistoryHistory•Merger of Yad Charutzim and Tifereth Israel
~1945
• Yad Charutzim (Haruzim)organized before 1894
• Tifereth Israel (Walnut Hills), ‘Artisans Shul’ organized 1906
• Furnishings
• Theater-style seats from Al Harris
• Stained Glass from Stillpass Family
Zionist Meetings Zionist Meetings in Cincinnati!!in Cincinnati!!
Note: Maccabaean is journal of Federation of American Zionists
(1896),forerunner of Zionist Org America
Other Google EntriesOther Google EntriesFrom: Biographical Sketches of Rabbis and Cantors in the U.S. 1903 Lasker-Lyons
From: 1919-1920 American Jewish Yearbook
CemeteryCemetery
• Each synagogue maintained its own cemetery
• ~100 years old
• Merger created a huge lot ~1/2 sq mile.
• Parcels sold (?) to New Hope and Northern Hills Synagogues
• Bernard Schwartz established cemetery fund to maintain site with excess funds supporting the synagogue.
• For the last 20 years, cemetery maintained by Paul Nathan
• Funds deposited with JCGC
Yad CharutzimYad Charutzim
Oldest stones from 1918• Mary Meyers: My homemaker, Miriam Meyers died 27th Cheshvan, 26 years old. No traditional Jewish name, i.e., daughter of ...• Louis Shockler: A simple and sweet man, Reb Eliezer son of Reb Ari Zvi died 20th Elul.
Chapel built by
Koeningsberg Family
Tifereth IsraelTifereth Israel
Oldest stones from 1917-18• Harris Kinsler: Reb Izal Hersh son of Jacob Leib died 7th Iyar• Abraham Block: Abraham Aaron son of Zvi Pinchas HaKohane, died 17th Kislev
Rabbi KalchmanRabbi of North Avondale (1945-1964)
(Greg Spitz, grandson)
‘Rabbi Yissocher Dov son of Rabbi and judge Menecham Manish, KalchmanBorn 21 Sivan 5658, died 6 Kislev 5727. Rabbi and increaser of Torah for 45 years in Israel. Rabbi of Yad Charutzim Tifereth Israel for 19 years. Seeker of the Torah of Hashem. He emersed himself in Torah day and night.’
• Thanks to Paul Nathan and Greg Spitz