Image: BETH OLAM CEMETERY, BROOKLY, KINGS COUNTY, NY

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Description: RURAL CEMETERY STARTED IN 1851 BY THE THREE OLDEST JEWISH CONGREGATIONS IN THE CITY INCLUDING CONGREGATION SHEARITH WHOSE NAME APPEARS AT THE ENTRANCE. THIS CHAPEL, DESIGNED BY CALVERT VAUX, IS ENTITLED METAHER HOUSE AND HAS A DATE STONE AT THE TOP IN HEBREW. AMONG NOTABLES IN THIS CEMETERY IS EMMA LAZARUS WHO IS FAMOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Title: BETH OLAM CEMETERY, BROOKLY, KINGS COUNTY, NY
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