17. Hebrew Garden (1926)
The Hebrew Garden was designed by T. Ashburton Tripp and was the first garden in the chain. Dedicated in 1926, it is a monument to the Zionist movement, as well as the vision of Leo Weidenthal, who was instrumental in the founding of the Cultural Gardens chain.

The Jewish Community Federation sponsors the Garden.

Art and Sculpture Inventory
Title Artist Date Description
Achad Ha'am Bas Relief   Biazys   1927   Achad Ha’am or Asher Ginsburg -- 1856-1927Ukrainian Heb...  
Baruch Spinoza Bas Relief   Klish   1927   Barauch Spinoza--Dutch of Portuguese immigrant family hence ...  
Chaim Nachman Bialik Plaque   Cooper   1954   CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK (1873-1934) European-Israeli Zionist a...  
Emma Lazarus Plaque   Walter Sinz   1949   Emma Lazarus New York City 1849-1887 (38 yrs) Poet, novel...  
Ernst Bloch Plaque   Jirouch   1955   A noted musician and composer, Bloch was the first Director ...  
Henrietta Szold Plaque   Esther Samolar   1950   Henrietta Szold--Baltimore MD 1860-1945 (85 yrs) One month...  
Fountain of Wisdom   unknown   2006   The pink, Georgia, Eweh marble fountain is the centerpiece o...  
Max E. Meisel Plaque   unknown   1930   Max E. Meisel was a Cleveland lawyer, active in Poets' Corne...  
Moses Maimonides Bas Relief   Biazys   1927   Maimonedes--Spanish 1135-1204 (69 yrs) Rabbi, physician an...  
Moses Mendolssohn Bas Relief   Biazys   1927   Moses Mendelssohn--German 1729-1786 (57 yrs) Philosopher w...  
Musicians Garden   Cramer   1937   The Hebrew Cultural Garden's Music section is directly south...  
Poets' Corner Plaques   unknown   1932   Poets’ Corner rock garden, north side of Garden, has six bou...  
Rebecca Gratz Plaque   Miriam E Cramer   1932   Born in Philadelphia in the 1780s, Rebecca Gratz was a phila...  
Star of David   T. Ashburton Tripp   1926   The central architectural feature of the Garden is a hexagon...  
Brotherhood Memorial and B'nai B'rit 100th Anniver   Unknown   1958   Monument marking B'nai B'rit's (Jewish service organization)...  
Theodore Hertzl Plaque   Unknown   1973   On the pillar rising out of the wall overlooking the Poets' ...  
Milton B Schweid Tablet   Unknown   Unkn   On the wall overlooking Poets' Corner rock garden is a pilla...  
Indian in Rock Garden   Bailey   1936   Primitive etching of a head dressed Native American found on...  
Indian Head-core area   Indian Head-core area   1936   Native American with head dress carved into a flat stone on ...  
New Colossus Poem   Unknown   1949   Round, bronze plaque on elevated boulder in northern section...