Temple Beth Shmuel Cuban Hebrew Congregation of Miami (Conservative)

Approximately 10,000 Jews left Cuba during the anti-Castro exodus, most settling in the Miami-Dade area. It was these Cuban Jewish exiles who in 1961 founded this congregation, one of two that were designed by the Cuban-born Jewish brothers-Oscar and Isaac ...

Temple Moses Sephardic Congregation of Florida (Orthodox)

Sermons are delivered in Spanish at this Cuban-Sephardic congregation. Dedicated in 1980, the synagogue is a copy of a synagogue in Havana that was abandoned by Jews fleeing Castro. Outside, at the corner of Main and Vichy, a plaque commemorates ...

Temple Emanu-El of Greater Miami (Conservative)

Founded on Miami Beach in 1938 as Congregation Jacob Joseph, then as the Miami Beach Community Center, the name was changed to Temple Emanu-El in 1954. The building dates from 1949. The dome is designed in the Byzantine style and ...

National Historic Landmark- Monticello

"Monticello," Italian for "Little Mountain," is an enduring tribute to the genius and versatility of Thomas Jefferson, who personally designed and supervised erection of the splendid mansion. He resided in it for many years of his long life, his spirit ...

Convent of the Sacred Heart

The Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic all-girl school in the Manhattan borough of New York City and the oldest private school in the city.

Founded in 1881 by the Society of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is operated as an historical and cultural site, focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The site also includes a look into the family, friends, and colleagues of the Beecher-Stowe family, Lane ...

B'nai Zion Congregation

In 1907, B'nai Zion bought this wood-frame home-office from Dr. John B. H. Maloney and converted it into a synagogue. Founded in 1887, B'nai Zion was an amalgamation of several small congregations. Until it bought this building, the congregation met ...

City Cemetery, Jewish Section

Founded as a city cemetery in 1865, grave sites in the Jewish section date from the 1880s. Among the early Jewish pioneers buried here are Berman and Rose Weintraub, who operated a successful grocery business in 1900 and assisted fellow ...

Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

Originally a World War I cemetery, the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial just outside Paris now shelters the remains of U.S. dead of both wars. The 7.5-acre cemetery contains the remains of 1,541 Americans who died in World War I ...

St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial

The World War I St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial in France, 40.5 acres in extent, contains the graves of 4,153 of our military dead. The majority of these died in the offensive that resulted in the reduction of the ...