Pine Hill in Cheektowaga in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Jewish Federation Cemetery Corporation Ohel Project

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026

1. Jewish Federation Cemetery Corporation Ohel Project Marker

Inscription.
In 1899, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef (Joseph) Rabinowitz (Z"L) emigrated to the United States from the small village of Sokolifka now in modern day Ukraine. He was the first Hassidic Rabbi to come to the United States and settled on the Lower East Side before moving to Buffalo in 1908 where he led the Jefferson Street Shul. In addition to his own great genealogy, the Rebbe was the brother-in-law and chavrusa (study partner) of the renowned Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twerski of Hornisteiple (1840-1903). Rebbe Twerski's descendants settled in the Milwaukee, WI area and several currently reside there. Rabbi Rabinowitz is buried in Buffalo at the entrance of the Jefferson Street Shul and B'nai Israel cemeteries on Pine Ridge Road. The Ohel over his gravesite that was built in 1920 and was rebuilt in 2022. There is still work to be done.

Erected by Jewish Federation Cemetery Corporation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1899.

Location. 42° 55.936′ N, 78° 47.332′ W. Marker is

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in Cheektowaga, New York, in Erie County. It is in Pine Hill. It is on Pine Ridge Heritage Boulevard south of Maryvale Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 645 Pine Ridge Heritage Boulevard, Buffalo NY 14225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: United G & F Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Ahavas Achim Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Knights of St. John Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Red Jacket Post 3068 Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 17, 2026

2. Jewish Federation Cemetery Corporation Ohel Project Marker

(approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Square (approx. 0.7 miles away); In Memory of the Fifteen Children (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Cleveland Hill Extension School Fire (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheektowaga.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 4 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 22, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.