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Jrudiak: /* Devon Christopher Adams Biography */

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‎Devon Christopher Adams Biography

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Jrudiak: /* In any case the Beth Abraham Cemetery is an active cemetery and is associated with the Beth Abraham Congregation in Squirrel Hill. */

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‎In any case the Beth Abraham Cemetery is an active cemetery and is associated with the Beth Abraham Congregation in Squirrel Hill.

Jrudiak: New page: == Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. According to s...

2009-05-25T00:18:51Z

New page: == Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. According to s...

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== Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. According to some accounts the cemetery was located here when the area was Baldwin Township and Jewish Cemeteries were forbidden to be located in the City of Pittsburgh. We are asking for verification of that account. ==

== In any case the Beth Abraham Cemetery is an active cemetery and is associated with the Beth Abraham Congregation in Squirrel Hill. ==

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 In 1994 I was a photography minor at Penn State. For my final portfolio during the semester I photographed cemeteries. My wife was my model, and the Beth Abraham Cemetery in Pittsburgh is one of the most unique cemeteries I'd been to at that time. The newer sections are very clean and well kept but the older sections (dated over a century ago) have character I've seen in few others. I reshot this cemetery 16 years later in the summer of 2010. Most of these photos represent that older section of the cemetery.  Here is the only description I could find of the cemetery... "Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227. According to some accounts the cemetery was located here when the area was Baldwin Township and Jewish Cemeteries were forbidden to be located in the City of Pittsburgh."
-He can be reached at devoncadams@gmail.com and all current photography can be viewed online at flickr.com/nooccar.
+He can be reached at devoncadams@gmail.com and all current photography can be viewed online at flickr.com/nooccar or [http://devoncadams.com/ by clicking here].
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 Devon Christopher Adams is a Pittsburgh native who spent 25 years in the tri-state area before heading west after graduate school. He and his wife settled in Chandler, AZ where he teaches high school English and believes in photographing our history while it remains.
 He can be reached at devoncadams@gmail.com and all current photography can be viewed online at flickr.com/nooccar.
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 These are photos by John J. Rudiak
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+[[Image:Memorial marker.jpg|500px]][[Image:Memorial plaque.jpg|500px]]
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 '''In the Spring of 2011 photographs of Devon Christopher Adams of Beth Abraham Cemetery were displayed at the Carrick Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.'''
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 He can be reached at devoncadams@gmail.com and all current photography can be viewed online at flickr.com/nooccar.

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-== Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227.  According to some accounts the cemetery was located here when the area was Baldwin Township and Jewish Cemeteries were forbidden to be located in the City of Pittsburgh.  We are asking for verification of that account. ==
+== Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery is located at the very edge of the Carrick/Overbrook border with Whitehall Borough in the southeast on Stewart Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15227.  According to some accounts the cemetery was located here when the area was Baldwin Township and Jewish Cemeteries were forbidden to be located in the City of Pittsburgh. The cemetery is largely unknown and a mystery to many local residents who just pass in while negotiating the curve on lower Stewart Avenue.==
-== In any case the Beth Abraham Cemetery is an active cemetery and is associated with the Beth Abraham Congregation in Squirrel Hill. ==
+Several of the photos illustrate the ancient Jewish tradition of visitors placing small stones on the headstones. A tradition dating back centuries, stones were originally placed on the graves of the deceased to keep wild animals from disturbing the remains. As time passed on, and carved monuments became the preferred memorial, the custom of leaving a small visitation stone became a symbolic gesture–a way for the visitor to say of the loved one, “I remember you…”
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+The Carrick Overbrook Historical Society and the Carrick Library invites everyone to respectfully visit the cemetery, honoring those interned there. The tombstones are very interesting and mysteriously unique to most that are familiar with the many Christian cemeteries in our neighborhoods.
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+These are photos by John J. Rudiak
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+[[Image:Entrance to Beth Abraham.jpg|250px]] [[Image:Entrance to the Old Jewish Cemetery.jpg|250px]]
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+[[Image:Memorial marker.jpg|250px]][[Image:Memorial plaque.jpg|250px]] [[Image:Old section graves example 1.jpg|250px]]
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+The Carrick Overbrook Historical Society, in conjunction with the Carrick Carnegie Library, displayed 28 black and white photos of the Beth Abraham Jewish Cemetery by Devon Christopher Adams. The cemetery is located on Stewart Avenue at the far end of the Carrick Overbrook neighborhoods. Mr. Adams’ photos of the Jewish Cemetery were taken in 2010 and are a beautiful example of the cemetery’s pathways and the artistic and interesting tombstones in both the newer and much older sections.
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+== Devon Christopher Adams Biography ==
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+'''Photographer'''
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+Devon Christopher Adams is a Pittsburgh native who spent 25 years in the tri-state area before heading west after graduate school. He and his wife settled in Chandler, AZ where he teaches high school English and believes in photographing our history while it remains.
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+He can be reached at devoncadams@gmail.com and all current photography can be viewed online at flickr.com/nooccar.

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