| Mount Moriah Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1910 |
| Location | 685 Farivew Avenue Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Jewish |
| No. of graves | 28,000+ |
| Website | mountmoriahcemeterynj |
| Find a Grave | Mount Moriah Cemetery |
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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.
Moriah (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה, Modern: Moriyya, Tiberian: Môriyyā) (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
- 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
- Russell Harding (d. 2008), New York City administrator
- Arthur George Klein (1904–1968), United States Representative (NY)
- Ira Rubin (1930–2013), American professional contract bridge player
- 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
- "Mt. Moriah Jewish Cemetery". Bergen County: Fairview. Jewish Cemetery Project. 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- Sussman, Lesley (June 20, 2013). "Rabbi Pesach Ackerman of Anshe Meseritz dies at 84". amNewYork.
- "NJCU:Robert P. Grover".
- Buettner, Russ (October 7, 2012). "Former City Official's Blog Chronicled His Fall From Grace and Plans for Suicide". The New York Times.
- Levin, Jay (February 7, 2013). "Ira Rubin, world champion bridge player, dies at 82". (Bergen Record) North Jersey.com. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
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