Texas Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1937 Page: 5 of 26
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THE TEXAS JEWISH HERALD
Temple of Rest Mausoleum
Temple Beth hrael Cemetery
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It is not simple to write about
a mausoleum. With tragedy
stalking at almost every bend
and turn, with life at best a vale
of tears (how can this generation
ever forget the New London
tragedy, the Nazi blood purges,
the World War horrors?) one
prefers to seek gayer forms of
interest to divert one’s mind
durihg leisure moments.
But an assignment is an as-
signment . . . and so we pro-
ceeded forth to Beth Israel Cem-
etery to get the message, if any,
the Mausoleum might tell.
There it stood before us—a
' colossal, massive, white marble
structure. Yes, this was the
sepulchre about which we had
heard on several occasions past.
(After all, it is nearing two years
since its completion).
It held us spellbound, in awe,
truly.
“Temple of Rest” read the sim-
ple words over the entrance to
its portals.
We slowly climbed the stairs
and walked inside. A sense of
austere reverence swept over us.
The place did seem so quiet
and restful and peaceful . . . We
hurriedly contrasted those re-
pelling visions of thumping clods
of sod at various funeral ser-
vices. We recollected that dread-
ful ordeal of witnessing a burial
during one of the city’s flood
spells.
Herein everything seemed dif-
ferent . . .
A number of crypts bore testi-
mony to housing the remains of
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scores of men and women—old
and young. Vases of ivy, or
freshly cut flowers hung nearby.
Rays of sun slipped in and out
of the rooms. The atmosphere
recalled that of a museum rather
than a chamber of death . . ,
The air seemed so free ...
“Could this be within the con-
fines of our Jewish tradition?”
we wondered. “Surely isn’t there
something stated in the Scrip-
tures about ‘Dust thou are, and
dust shalt thou return ?”
We hastened to inquire in
greater detail about the Jewish I ^
mausoleum from the man who | ’
gave untiringly of his time, ef-
fort and means towards its reali-
zation—Mr. Tobias Sakowitz.
“Yes,” he asserted, “the Mauso-
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