United Jewish Cemetery facts for kids
The United Jewish Cemetery is a special place in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a cemetery for people who follow Reform Judaism, a type of Jewish faith. You can find it at 3400 Montgomery Road in the Evanston neighborhood.
Two Jewish groups, called congregations, started this cemetery. They were Bene Israel and B'nai Jeshurum. The cemetery officially opened in 1862. However, the very first person buried there was Issac Fredrick on February 18, 1850. This was when the land was first made sacred for burials.
Over time, these two congregations grew. They opened or joined with other cemeteries. This made the United Jewish Cemetery (UJC) grow to include six different burial grounds. In 2008, the UJC became part of a bigger group called Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. This new group brought almost all of the 26 Jewish cemeteries in the area together.
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Jewish Civil War Memorial
The Jewish Civil War Memorial is a tall, pointed stone monument called an obelisk. It was finished in 1868. This memorial was first built to honor a Jewish soldier from Cincinnati named Lt. Louis Reitler. He was killed in the American Civil War in 1862. His name is carved on one side of the monument.
Five other Union soldiers from the Civil War are buried nearby. The memorial now also includes the names of Jewish soldiers from the Cincinnati area who died in World War I and World War II.
In 2008, on Memorial Day, the United Jewish Cemetery held a special event to honor its Veterans Memorial again. A Marine Corps Honor Guard was there, and they performed a 21 gun salute. The names of all the brave soldiers who died were read aloud.
Civil War Soldiers
- Marx Esslinger
- Joseph Ettlinger (a private in the 5th Ohio)
- Jonas Goldsmith
- Sam Keisser
- Adolph Mangold
- Louis Reitler
World War I Soldiers
- Robert Livingston
- James Rind
- R. Robert Shroder
World War II Soldiers
- John E. Davis
- Robert F. Goldenberg
- Richard J. Herman
- James Herzberg
- Stuart Allan Kaplan
- Samuel L. Kessler
- Tedd R. Levy
- Leon Meyer Mack
- James M. Pollock
- Nathaniel Rosenthal
- George E. Rosing
- Dr. Howard M. Schriver
- Harold Silverman
- Bernard Harry Simpson
- Richard J. Sloane
- Milford Wirt Solomon
- Robert Sanford Waldman
- Ferdinand L. Weston
- Jesse Myron Wolf
Notable Burials
Many interesting people are buried at the United Jewish Cemetery. Here are a few:
- Alfred M. Cohen (1859–1949): He was a lawyer and a politician.
- Robert Middleton (1911–1977): He was an actor.
- Theodore Albert Peyser (1873–1937): He was a US Congressman. This means he helped make laws for the country.
- Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900): He was a very important Rabbi, a Jewish religious leader.
- Leo Wise (1849–1933): He worked as a newspaper editor and publisher.
- David Urbansky (1843–1897): He was a hero from the Civil War. He was the first Jewish person to receive the Medal of Honor, which is a very high award for bravery.
- George Zepin (1878–1963): He was also a rabbi.
