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Children of Israel Cemetery, Miry Brook Road, Danbury, CT, USA, 249 burials total.
Chartered by the State of Connecticut as the Children of Israel on September 19, 1897, Congregation B’nai Israel, as it is now known, celebrated its centennial in May 1997.
The exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe and Russia were escapees from the poverty of ghettos, pogroms and forced military conscription of their countries of origin. Approximately 75 Orthodox and 35 Reform families came to Danbury to participate in retail business, building trades and Danbury’s thriving hatting industry.
Establishing a synagogue and a Jewish cemetery were their primary goals. Articles of Association were filed with the Danbury City Hall on October 24, 1898 for the Children of Israel Society cemetery on Miry Brook Road, a ½ acre parcel for which the families paid $100.
Congregation B'nai Israel is currently a Reform Jewish synagogue located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is the oldest Jewish congregation in Bridgeport and the third oldest in Connecticut.
Aerial view of cemetery
Cemetery gates
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