I am proud to speak in honor of the Riverside Memonal Chapel which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It can be said that the Riverside Chapel has been a minor of the Jewish community of New York City which It has served so faithfully for the past century. t started In 1897 when Louis Meyers provided a horsedrawn funeral livery service on the lower East Side. These modest beginnings reflected the state of Jews In Now York as recent emigrants. The company followed a newer generation to Hadam and in 1926 made a landmark move to Amsterdam Avenue and 76th Street still the signature location of what was to become Riverside Chapel. This spectacular loursloiy building. with Its Gothic style chapel and handpainted religious frescoes. had an implicit dedication to the sensibilities of the three main streams of Judaism. in 1933 Edward and Herman Meyers. grandsons of Louis Mayers. bought the company. renamed it Riverside Memorial Chapel and opened chapels In Far Rockaway and Miami Beach.
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