To Re-bury Remains of Nathan Lamport on Mount of Olives

The remains of the late Nathan Lamport, philanthropist, who died at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., on August 13, 1928, will be taken to Palestine for re-burial in the cemetery on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, in accordance with a provision in his will, filed on August 24, in the Surrogate’s Court.

In his will, by which he bequeathed a sum approximating $1,000,000 for charitable and educational purposes in the United States, Poland, Russia and Palestine, the late Mr. Lamport expressed his desire, in accordance with an ancient Jewish tradition, that he be buried in the Holy Land where his father lies. The body, as well as that of his late wife, Sarah Lamport, will be exhumed from the Union Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, and will be transported to Haifa by the steamer “Patria” of the Fabre Line.

Memorial exercises will be held at the plaza of the Fabre Line pier, foot of 31st Street, Brooklyn, on Sunday, May 12, at 2:30 P. M. Rabbi M. S. Margolies, dean of the American Orthodox rabbinate and president of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the Yeshiva College, Dr. Bernard Revel, representing the faculty of the Yeshiva, Rabbi Nachman H. Ebin, representing the alumni, and a student representing the student body, will take part in the exercises.

The late Mr. Lamport was president of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for a number of years prior to his death and contributed the amount of $200,000, the largest single donation, toward the Yeshiva College Building Fund.

Members of the Lamport family who will accompany the bodies to Palestine include Samuel C. Lamport, eldest son, and his wife Miriam, Solomon Lamport, brother of the late Nathan Lamport, Ida Hurewitz, Mrs. Esther Bresler, and Mrs. Jessie Cohen, daughters, and Vivian Cohen, a grandchild.

The Yeshiva College has delegated its registrar, Samuel L. Sar, to accompany the remains and represent the institution at its late president’s final burial.