https://jcsknoxcounty.com/home daily 1.0 2020-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597100407092-IAOCWQCRYT8KA4X5H559/Parents%2BWeekend%2B1.jpg Home - Local Jewish Life Jewish migration to Knox County mirrors the main waves of European immigration to the United States, namely the arrival of German Jews in the mid-nineteenth century followed by Russian Jews at the turn of the twentieth century. Though settling here in small numbers, Jewish residents have nevertheless built rich lives with lasting impact over generations. Here are their stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597100487890-SK3DT2JGFMFYS4DPBZ8R/Star%252Bat%252BChapel%252BFall.jpg Home - The Cemetery Jews have made important contributions to all facets of local life in central Ohio for a very long time. However, only recently have Jewish people been able to observe all stages of the life cycle here, including burial in a cemetery consecrated for Jewish use. Dedicated in 2013, the cemetery serves past and present members of the Kenyon College and Knox County Jewish communities and their families. The cemetery is inclusive, with the aim of meeting burial needs within the broad range of Jewish practice, including those of interfaith families. https://jcsknoxcounty.com/timeline daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/local-jewish-life daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597102349913-3HUPJNGI0UKHSCVMW7O3/Stadler%2Bad.jpg Local Jewish Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597102852522-RR19FXN9B2BPR20I1X0U/20110519.jpg Local Jewish Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597102394472-HHVTW2XV5WYA8XD934J2/jewish-life-knox-co-1999-copy-21.jpg Local Jewish Life https://jcsknoxcounty.com/cemetery daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597104279009-BE09LB6V0UYUXJNISFRQ/IMG_2761.JPG Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597104370961-XQMNOQJBL8X26QZDY24Y/Memorial%2BStone.jpg Cemetery https://jcsknoxcounty.com/purchasing-plots daily 0.75 2025-07-16 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/arranging-burials daily 0.75 2022-11-01 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/stories daily 0.75 2023-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597106951891-QDCJMIZGUXS5K2AHV7RX/Hanson_Book.jpg Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597110628615-ASK8NKZILHKF8TPXMY3Q/Zelkowitz.jpg Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597110508267-NPTDFAUJMTJ2I29RC5LI/Document.jpg Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1597110694680-XC912MZPMSAB5VQQ6H5O/jewish-life-knox-co-1999-copy-21.jpg Stories https://jcsknoxcounty.com/a-jewish-wedding daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/jewish-life-1999 daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/about-jcs daily 0.75 2025-07-16 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/donate daily 0.75 2020-08-18 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/donors daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/visions-jewish-life-at-kenyon daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/jewish-life-at-kenyon-from-the-students-perspective daily 0.75 2020-08-25 https://jcsknoxcounty.com/gallery daily 0.75 2020-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598315303068-THX1ZDO5J5R0YWWBB1VC/DowntownMV.jpg Gallery Downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio, looking down South Main Street from the Public Square, early 1870s. Adolph Wolff's Clothing Store dominates the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598366671895-ZXIF7Y0BSG3H344LY5JS/Gentleman.jpg Gallery Aaron M. Stadler, Mount Vernon, Ohio, clothier from 1877 to 1905. Photo in The Republican, 1896. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598314804738-IJDU01L87DNXMUSF0ES2/Zelkowitz.jpg Gallery Broadcast pioneer, radio station owner, and philanthropist Helen Zelkowitz of Mount Vernon, ca. 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598313545656-90V9AE6ZAQNG0LK0OKJ7/KullmanStudents.jpg Gallery Kenyon’s first Jewish professor Eugen Kullmann holding class outdoors, ca. 1970s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598314917783-VMRG2ZC5ZDDYMDESH491/WeaverCottage.jpg Gallery Kenyon Hillel Rabbi Lenny Gordon conducts services at Weaver Cottage, ca. early 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598315441112-A345MODGFX715M44CFP4/KenyonTorah.jpg Gallery Kenyon’s Torah, donated by Kenyon trustee Deborah Salzburg and her husband Michael in 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598313507562-FGAX8RAUEU2WSYY2QCVW/FenigsteinArk.jpg Gallery Gambier resident Audrey Fenigstein, Ark designer and builder, reads a statement at the Ark dedication ceremony, December 23, 2007. Hillel director Marc Bragin looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598313471528-4JN0HL5XZK8OOP6M51BT/CemeteryConsecration.jpg Gallery People gathering at the cemetery site following the consecration ceremony, October 24, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598313897179-T3OZ33TTH2WGB1NOJZPE/Kenyon_02X.JPG Gallery Placing a mezuzah during the dedication of the Rothenberg Hillel house on October 24, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598313773328-40NRX156BFM10M3D45KU/Rothenberg.JPG Gallery Kenyon trustee Alan Rothenberg speaking at the ceremony dedicating the Rothenberg Hillel House at Kenyon College, October 24, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598315691903-DKV6I6F9VA5LURXI3RWG/Sukkot.JPG Gallery Kenyon College Hillel director Marc Bragin celebrates Sukkot with students and community members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598367050537-ZFOYKICRGZSJA359M8Z9/KenyonStudents.jpg Gallery Kenyon students hanging out at a Hillel event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598917029349-V70IS5GAK4FU6H5WD2E8/TorahTable.jpg Gallery Kenyon Hillel's Torah reading table, designed and built by Audrey Fenigstein https://jcsknoxcounty.com/proclamation daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f28a45be03ecf75348add8a/1598569426054-KQHI7HDURQW7DH29NRZ4/MTV+Proclamation.jpg Proclamation