Quizzes Published in The American Israelite Newspaper & Website
In July 2013 The American Israelite Newspaper began running a series called “Little Known Cincinnati Facts.” The series takes the form of a quiz and is based on content provided by Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
What former owner of the Cincinnati Reds is interred in JCGC’s Clifton cemetery?
Sidney Weil bought the Cincinnati Reds from C. J. McDiarmid in 1929 and, due to bad economic times, he was forced to sell the team to Powell Crosley in 1933. Weil owned a Ford dealership and Cincinnati’s first multi-level garage, but he lost these assets, as well as the Reds. He went on to a successful second career in the life insurance business. At the time of his death in a tragic car accident in 1966, Bill Veeck, Jr., baseball owner and promoter, wrote of him, “He excelled in kindness, piety, thoughtfulness, generosity, humility, intelligence and courage.”
Ran in 11-21-13 issue
Primarily known for boating and bowling, the founder of this company is buried in JCGC’s Walnut Hills cemetery.
John Moses Brunswick came to the United States from Switzerland and opened his business in Cincinnati in 1845, making billiards tables. Brunswick died in 1886, just as the company was moving in to the growing sport of bowling and moving the focus of its operations to Chicago. Expansion into boating came in the last half of the twentieth century, as billiards and bowling went into decline.
Ran in 12-5-13 issue
Primarily known for boating and bowling, the founder of this company is buried in JCGC’s Walnut Hills cemetery.
John Moses Brunswick came to the United States from Switzerland and opened his business in Cincinnati in 1845, making billiards tables. Brunswick died in 1886, just as the company was moving in to the growing sport of bowling and moving the focus of its operations to Chicago. Expansion into boating came in the last half of the twentieth century, as billiards and bowling went into decline.
Ran in December 5, 2013 issue
Who came to HUC in 1911 and was still there at his death in 1995?
Jacob Rader Marcus came to HUC as a student in 1911, joined the faculty in 1920 and started one of the first university-level courses on American Jewish history. Recognizing the need to create a central location for the study of the subject, HUC established the American Jewish Archives in 1947. Rabbi Marcus is interred in the Walnut Hills cemetery.
Ran in October 31, 2013 issue
What former owner of the Cincinnati Reds is interred in JCGC’s Clifton cemetery?
Sidney Weil bought the Cincinnati Reds from C. J. McDiarmid in 1929 and, due to bad economic times, he was forced to sell the team to Powell Crosley in 1933. Weil owned a Ford dealership and Cincinnati’s first multi-level garage, but he lost these assets, as well as the Reds. He went on to a successful second career in the life insurance business. At the time of his death in a tragic car accident in 1966, Bill Veeck, Jr., baseball owner and promoter, wrote of him, “He excelled in kindness, piety, thoughtfulness, generosity, humility, intelligence and courage.”
Ran in October 21, 2013 issue
The Manischewitz Company is headquartered in New Jersey. Where are the founders buried?
Manischewitz was founded in Cincinnati by Dov Behr and Nesha Manischewitz in 1888. They are interred in Beth Hamidrash Hagodol Cemetery in Covedale. The world’s top matzah manufacturer was based in Cincinnati until it moved to New Jersey sometime after World War I. Its Cincinnati plant closed in 1958.
Ran in October 17, 2013 issue
Where is the new JCGC cemetery and when will it be open?
The new cemetery is located on Loveland-Miamiville Rd., in Loveland, about a mile from the Ward’s Corner exit on I – 275. The cemetery is in the very early stages of development planning and will not have grave sites available for sale for at least three years.
Ran in September 19, 2013 issue
Why is Beth Tefyla Cemetery also known as Schachnus cemetery?
The cemetery was founded by Rabbi Schachne Isaacs (1811 – 1887). He immigrated from Lithuania and arrived in the Cincinnati area by way of New York in 1856. He opened a general store in Darrtown, later moving to Cincinnati where he entered the wholesale dry goods business. He was vigilant in the observance of Orthodoxy. When his congregation failed to include plans for a mikvah in a proposed building, he resigned in protest and started his own congregation, Beth Tefyla, in 1869. The cemetery followed soon thereafter.
Ran in August 29, 2013 issue
Named one of the 100 Greatest Ohio Citizens in 1974, he is buried in JCGC’s Walnut Hills Cemetery. Who is he?
Murray Seasongood (1878 – 1983), who lived to be 104 years old, was Cincinnati’s first Charterite Mayor, serving from 1926 to 1930. He was a lawyer, teacher, philanthropist and author, was nationally known for his political reform efforts and left an indelible mark on Cincinnati.
Ran in August 15, 2013 issue
Where is the founder of Grey Goose and Jagermeister buried?
Sidney Frank (1919 – 2006) married Louise Rosenstiel and joined her father’s business Schenley Industries. Frank’s wife died in 1973 and he went on to found his own, very successful business in New York. In 2004 he gave Brown University $100 million, its largest gift at that time, to ensure that no student would be forced to leave Brown, as he had, for the inability to pay tuition. He is buried with his wife in JCGC’s Walnut Hills Cemetery.
Ran in August 1, 2013 issue
What was the first Jewish cemetery in Cincinnati?
In 1821, when Benjamin Lieb, who had not been known as a Jew, was dying, he begged to be buried as a Jew. Since there was no existing Jewish burial ground, Morris Moses and Joseph Jonas, two of Cincinnati’s six Jews, purchased a small plot of ground to bury Lieb. The Chestnut Street Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery west of the Alleghenies and is located in the West End.
Ran in July 18, 2013 issue
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