Congregation Shaarie Torah Cemetery

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Congregation Shaarie Torah Cemetery
Congregation Shaarie Torah Cemetery
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Coordinates 45°27′56″N122°35′43″W / 45.46564°N 122.59518°W / 45.46564; -122.59518
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Congregation Shaarie Torah Cemetery is an historic Jewish cemetery in southeast Portland, Oregon's Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood, in the United States. [1] [2]

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In 2003, the cemetery was desecrated by a self-described white supremacist and one other person. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries (2016-09-28). "Historic Cemeteries in Oregon". Oregon State Library Digital Collections. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  2. "Historic Cemeteries in Oregon" (PDF). Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. 2021-02-09. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  3. "Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Desecrating Jewish Cemetery". FBI. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
  4. "Ore. man pleads in cemetery desecration". UPI. 2005-01-13. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-26.