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Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati
3400 Montgomery Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45207
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Jewish Cemeteries is proud to partner with Rockdale Temple in celebration of Joseph Jonas, the first Jewish settler in Cincinnati.Mr. Jonas founded Cincinnati's first Jewish communal organization, Chestnut Street Cemetery, and soon after Cincinnati's first synagogue, K.K. Bene Israel now known as Rockdale Temple.
Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D., will be delivering a sermon entitled, "Cincinnati's First Permanent Jewish Resident: Joseph Jonas and the Founding of Jewish Communal Life in Cincinnati" on Friday, September 9, 2022 at Rockdale Temple beginning at 5:45 PM. Dr. Zola is the Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives & The Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union College.
Please also join us on Sunday, September 18 at 1:00 PM for a very special monument dedication in honor of Joseph Jonas, in this year of celebrating the Jewish Cincinnati Bicentennial.
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