By Samuel Bruel
(Continued)
In 1825 N. Longworth for one dollar added by a deed of gift fifty feet in the rear of the first lot [of the first Jewish cemetery in Cincinnati], which increased it to twenty-five by one hundred. In 1836 the congregation purchased the adjoining lot of twenty-five feet from N. Longworth, which comprises the entire lot. This ground was used for twenty-eight years until December 1849, when it was finally closed, although not quite filled.
â July 28, 1854
150 Years Ago
Mr. S. N. Pike has made the sensible and pleasing decision to change his beautiful hall in this city into a still more beautiful and attractive opera-house. With characteristic energy, he commenced the work on Tuesday last a few hours after his arrival in the city, and he intends to have the alterations completed in six weeks, say by June 1. Thus Cincinnati is for a second time indebted to Mr. Pike for an opera-house, an improvement the city never needed more urgently than now.
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Cincinnati area synagogues and Jewish institutions celebrated Chanukah 5781, which ran from nightfall on Thursday, Dec. 8 through sundown on Friday, Dec. 18, with a variety of events for every age and interest, adapted for the current pandemic. The staff of The American Israelite spread out across town to cover as many of those events as possible.
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Public menorah lightings and events
On Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, Mayor John Cranley hosted his annual pre-Chanukah party in his office at city hall. Rabbi Gershon Avtzon demonstrated the lighting of the menorah and shared lessons about the holiday. This yearâs event was smaller than in the past in order to observe Covid-19 restrictions on indoor gatherings.