Beth Aaron Cemetery: 1715 Broadwater Avenue.
Established in 1918 by Congregation Beth Aaron, the cemetery
serves about 500 Jews with 95 graves and 225 future sites. Dr.
Brian Schnitzer, 406-248-2520, contact person. Source: Hundel
Cohen, hermyn@aol.com
BUTTE: Silver Bow County http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow/ has
general Silver Bow County information. [August 2005]
Congregation B'nai Israel, 327 West Galena Street, Butte, MT
59701 406-723-7993 http://www.his.state.mt.us/research/library/exhibits/bnai.html has
Jewish history of Butte. http://isjm.best.vwh.net/Buildings/records/BR242.htm has
historic landmark designation. [August 2005]
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Faith's Anchor in a Western Diaspora," New York Times:
July 26, 1993. p. A9.
Canty, Ruth. "Jewish Community," Butte
Heritage Cook Book: Pages 121-123. [Adath Israel - House of
Israel, B'nai Israel]
B'nai Israel Cemetery: Location: So. Montana Street,
adjacent to Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Owned by Congregation B'nai
Israel, the site has about 500 to 1,000 graves and serves about
30 families, but three synagogues once existed in Butte. Contact
Janet Cornish, 406-723-7993. Source: Hundel Cohen, hermyn@aol.com.
UPDATE: 2415 South Montana Street.http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow/bnai_israel.htm has
burial list to 1982. Mt. Moriah Cemetery, 2415 South Montana
Street, Butte, MT 59701 (406) 782-1778 has records. [August
2005]
Hebrew Cemetery: Great Falls Hebrew
Association: Documents about this
cemetery exist in Documents files of AJA. American Jewish Archives, 3101
Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel);
513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu including the deed to
the cemetery dated Dec. 30, 1916. The Jewish Cemetery is located
southwest of Great Falls and has fewer than twelve graves. The
cemetery dates back to the late 1800s and in 1916 was
incorporated with the Great Falls Hebrew Association. The last
burial was in 1940 but some Jews now living in Great Falls have
chosen to be buried in this twenty-acre area of when they die.
Contact Jerry Weissman, 406-452-3333. Source: Hundel Cohen,
hermyn@aol.com
HELENA: Lewis & Clark County http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtlewisa/ has
general Lewis and Clark County information. [August 2005]
" In Helena, no clergyman could be found to lead the congregation
of Temple Emanu-El after the departure of its first rabbi, Samuel
Schulman, and regular services there were suspended in 1898, just
seven years after the building's dedication. Nonetheless, the
community found a new rabbi in 1901 and retained someone in that
post until 1917. Only in the 1930s did the remaining few members
of Temple Emanu-El finally deed their building to the state of
Montana. The community's cemetery association did not disband
until 1943."
Source:http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/97-2.htm - link
no longer available. Dean, "Jewish Community of Helena," 53,
66 67.
Home of Peace Cemetery: {10774} Fifty to one hundred
Jews lived in Helena in 1999 according to Philip Grossberg, 1615
Stuart, Helena; phone: 406-442-Y1215. Sources: Hundel Cohen,
hermyn@aol.com and Carol
Adler Zsolnay, czsolnay@msn.com. Directions: Go
north on Montana Ave. to the intersection of Montana and Custer.
Turn left on Custer and continue to Henderson St. Turn south
(left) on Henderson to Brady. Turn east (left) and take the first
turn north (left).
Montana Historical Society information sent by Carol
Zsolnay: This cemetery is adjacent to Capital High School and
across Custer Ave from the Lewis & Clark Fairgrounds. The front
of the cemetery faces west with a back gate on the east. The
front entrance has three stone arches, with the center arch being
the largest. On the center arch is inscribed "Home of Peace
1908". The smaller south arch says, "Erected by Morris Sands as a
memorial to the sacred memory of his beloved wife, Lizzie who
departed this life Jan 9, 1907." The small north arch says
"Erected to the memory of Morris Sands who departed this life Dec
14, 1910." A black ornate fence surrounds the cemetery. The
grounds are very well kept, watered, mowed, and trimmed with many
trees and bushes. A water tower and two sheds are on the north
side as you enter. The back gate on the eastern side of the
cemetery has two pillars. The south pillar says "Erected by Alice
M Gans as a memorial to the sacred memory of her beloved husband,
Herman, who departed this life 3 Sep 1901." The north pillar says
"Erected by Sadie and Dorothea in memory of their beloved father,
Herman Gans." From lot 102 marked "Zimmerman and Schwab" going in
a northwesterly direction approximately twelve feet, where twelve
graves are on the other side of the fence, All markers have been
removed; and some are stacked by the water tower. This land is
now leased to Capital High School.
Seven stones in a stack are buried in the SW corner. Various
lot numbers. Mr. P W Singer has cared for all lot sales, burials,
and record keeping for the past 25 years. Prior to Mr. Singer's
tenure, George Grossberg, owner of Globe Clothing, took care of
all records. For the past five years, Mr. Beri Nelson maintained
the grounds.
The cemetery dates from 1867 according to Postal & Koppman
Jewish Tourist's Guide to U.S. Phila., PA: Jewish Publ.
Soc., 1954, p.287. Documents exist in AJA. American Jewish Archives, 3101
Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel);
513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu: Home of Peace
Cemetery Association; Minutes of the Hebrew Benevolent Society,
Dec. 12, 1872- Apr. 12, 1929; and articles of incorporation of
the Home of Peace Cemetery Association, Helena, Mont. Sept. 22,
1931. Microfilm No. 1848
Author: Hebrew Benevolent Association of Helena. Title:
HEBREW BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF HELENA RECORDS, 1865-1943.
Notes: Helena, Montana, Jewish fraternal and charitable
organization. The original Hebrew Benevolent Association of
Helena was organized in December 1866 as a charitable order.
Among its members were many of the most prominent and influential
merchants and professional men of Helena. The association also
went by the name of the United Hebrew Benevolent Association, the
First Jewish Benevolent and Cemetery Association, and the Home of
Peace Cemetery Association. Organizational and financial records
of Hebrew Benevolent Association. Records include two minute
books (1865-1943), one including a "Record of Persons Buried in
the Jewish Cemetery, Helena, M.T." In addition, there is a
monthly dues ledger and cashbook (1868-1869). Finding aid
published in: National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the
United States, microfiche 3.14.30. This record replaces NUCMC
entry MS 79-407. Location: Montana Historical Society, Library
and Archives Dept. (Helena) (MC 38). Control No.: DCLV99-A900
[December 2000]
The Hebrew Cemetery: Documents exist in AJA. American Jewish Archives, 3101
Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488. 513-221-1875 (tel);
513-221-7812 (fax). E-mail: AJA@cn.huc.edu: Apr. 9, 1967. 2 page
typescript. Received from Mr. Norman Winestine, Helena, MT
Mimeograph copy. Histories file.
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