Objects
Our links to the past are made tangible by our everyday use and display of ritual treasures and historic relics.
Our links to the past are made tangible by our everyday use and display of ritual treasures and historic relics.
The oldest of our extant cemeteries is known as the Chatham Square Cemetery. It is located in Chinatown at 55 St. James Place. The land was originally purchased in 1682 by Joseph Bueno de Mesquita.
In 1776, several British soldiers desecrated two of Shearith Israel’s Torah scrolls.