Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey) Explained
Mount Moriah Cemetery is a burial ground in Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States, located on the western slopes of the Hudson Palisades, nearby the Fairview Cemetery.[1]
Moriah (Arabic: مروة Marwah) is the name given to a mountain by the Book of Genesis, in which context it is the location of the sacrifice of Isaac.
Notable interments
- Pesach Ackerman (1928–2013), Rabbi of Meseritz Synagogue[2]
- Camilla Frydan (1887–1949), Austrian-born pianist, singer, composer and songwriter
- Robert P. Grover (1916–1942), first Jewish serviceman from Jersey City to die in WWII[3]
- Russell Harding (d. 2008), New York City administrator[4]
- Arthur George Klein (1904–1968), United States Representative (NY)
- Ira Rubin (1930–2013), American professional contract bridge player[5]
- Garry Winogrand (1928–1984), street photographer
- Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921-2011), American medical physicist, and co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
See also
References
40.821°N -74.003°W
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mt. Moriah Jewish Cemetery . Bergen County: Fairview . Jewish Cemetery Project. . 2009 . 2013-10-02.
- Web site: Rabbi Pesach Ackerman of Anshe Meseritz dies at 84. Sussman. Lesley. June 20, 2013. amNewYork.
- Web site: NJCU:Robert P. Grover.
- News: Former City Official's Blog Chronicled His Fall From Grace and Plans for Suicide . The New York Times . October 7, 2012 . Buettner . Russ.
- Web site: Ira Rubin, world champion bridge player, dies at 82 . (Bergen Record) North Jersey.com . Levin, Jay . February 7, 2013 . 2013-02-09.
