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The Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society recently organized a presentation on the Congregation Sons of Israel. In his prestation Mr. Irwin Kavy mentioned their cemetery. I’d never heard about it before so of course I had to find out where it was and visit it.

The cemetery is on Havell Street (east of Route 9), adjacent to (west of) the Dale Cemetery entrance. It’s not marked as such but owned by Congregation Sons of Israel, a Synagogue and now located at 1666 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.

It has approx. 100 graves, all Jewish, from late 19th century to about 1970’s. The cemetery is located on steep hill below Havell Street. Numerous steps lead to about three intermediate burial levels before reaching the main burial area.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a terraced cemetery before.

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Taken with a Sony A7IV and a vintage lens (I don’t remember which one it was, but I think it might have been a Ricoh 50mm Rikenon XR f2 L).

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