Jewish Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024
1. Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery Marker
Shul was located at 1519 S. Homan, Chicago, IL
Dedicated to Meyer Serota, whose tireless efforts made this possible
Erected by Anshe Chodorkov Congregation.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Synagogues series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 41° 51.397′ N, 87° 48.668′ W. Marker is in Forest Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery. It is on Des Plaines Avenue half a mile south of Roosevelt Road. The marker is in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, in the Anshe Chodorkov section (Gate 97), about a Ό-mile east of Des Plaines Avenue not far from Greenberg Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Forest Park IL 60130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pinsk Holocaust Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chenstochow Holocaust Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Holocaust Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Jewish Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ever-Blooming Night and Day Flowers, 1982 (approx. 0.7 miles away);
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More about this marker. Shtetil (alternately shtetl) is a Yiddish word for "little town." Shul is a Yiddish word for synagogue. Landsleit is a Yiddish word for people who come from the same area.
Regarding Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery. Based on Google Street View, the building that housed this congregation of Ukrainian Jews on Homan Avenue (about 5 miles due west of here) appears to still be in existence and used today as a church. The congregation's neighborhood, North Lawndale, was a prominent Jewish enclave on Chicago's west side during the first half of the 20th century.
Chodorkov (alternate spellings include Khodorkiv and Khodorkov) is a small Ukrainian village that had a prominent Jewish population during the years before World War I. During the Ukrainian War for Independence from 1917 to 1920, a series of pogroms left many Jewish residents of Chodorkov dead and the town itself mostly destroyed; the survivors fled elsewhere, many ultimately ending up in the U.S. What Jews were remaining in Chodorkov after that were killed by
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024
2. Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery (Gate 97)
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, October 23, 2024
3. Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery, second memorial
A separate memorial a few paces to the left is dedicated to the families that founded the congregation.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 24, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
