Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Mount Hebron is a Jewish cemetery
located in the Flushing
neighborhood of New York City
. It was founded in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery
. It is noted for its Yiddish theater section. . In 2011 it was apparent that many of the markings for the "sections" and "lines" had disappeared or were damaged due to non-maintenance, particularly in the older sections of the cemetery such as Section 38, which makes locating graves particularly difficult for the visitor. These same older sections have many gravestones and other monuments either turned over, damaged, or otherwise clearly unkempt.
There is a "Workmen's Circle" section, which has 12,636 burials from Jewish and non-Jewish members of the Workmen's Circle. This appears to be the one place in the entire cemetery where Jewish and Christian graves are mixed together.
There is also a large monument erected by immigrants and descendants of immigrants from the city of Grodno in what is today western Belarus
. The monument is dedicated "In memoriam to our dear parents, brothers and sisters of the city of Grodno and environs who were brutally persecuted and slain by the Nazis during World War II." http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/hm-grodno-mh.htm. This is one of several such monuments in the cemetery.
Mount Hebron Cemetery's Block 67 section is reserved for people who worked in New York City's Yiddish theater industry.
Jewish cemetery
A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where members of the Jewish faith are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition....
located in the Flushing
Flushing, Queens
Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...
neighborhood of New York City
New York City
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. It was founded in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens, New York)
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York.-History:It was established in 1893 and is still in operation. When Union Cemetery in Brooklyn closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery...
. It is noted for its Yiddish theater section. . In 2011 it was apparent that many of the markings for the "sections" and "lines" had disappeared or were damaged due to non-maintenance, particularly in the older sections of the cemetery such as Section 38, which makes locating graves particularly difficult for the visitor. These same older sections have many gravestones and other monuments either turned over, damaged, or otherwise clearly unkempt.
There is a "Workmen's Circle" section, which has 12,636 burials from Jewish and non-Jewish members of the Workmen's Circle. This appears to be the one place in the entire cemetery where Jewish and Christian graves are mixed together.
There is also a large monument erected by immigrants and descendants of immigrants from the city of Grodno in what is today western Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. The monument is dedicated "In memoriam to our dear parents, brothers and sisters of the city of Grodno and environs who were brutally persecuted and slain by the Nazis during World War II." http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/hm-grodno-mh.htm. This is one of several such monuments in the cemetery.
Mount Hebron Cemetery's Block 67 section is reserved for people who worked in New York City's Yiddish theater industry.
Notable burials
- Celia AdlerCelia AdlerCelia Feinman Adler was an American Jewish actress, known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre"....
(1889-1979), Yiddish theater actress - Henrietta Jacobson AdlerJulius Adler (actor)Julius Adler was a Jewish actor, writer, and director in Yiddish theater.-Career:He was born in Biłgoraj, Poland into an orthodox Jewish family. When his father died six years later his mother emigrated to America leaving the children with grandparents. In 1920 the family was reunited in the...
(1906-1988), Yiddish theater actress - Julius AdlerJulius Adler (actor)Julius Adler was a Jewish actor, writer, and director in Yiddish theater.-Career:He was born in Biłgoraj, Poland into an orthodox Jewish family. When his father died six years later his mother emigrated to America leaving the children with grandparents. In 1920 the family was reunited in the...
(1906-1994), Yiddish theater actor - Ben BernieBen BernieBen Bernie , born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue....
(1891-1943), bandleader and radio personality - Reizl BozykReizl BozykReizl Bozyk , also known as Rose Bozyk, was a Polish-born American actress of the Yiddish theatre....
(1914-1993), Yiddish theater actress - Louis BuchalterLouis BuchalterLouis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit...
(1897-1944), Organized crime figure - Lillian Lux BursteinLillian LuxLillian Lux was an Israeli-American singer, author, songwriter and actor in Yiddish theater and Yiddish vaudeville in the United States, Israel and other Yiddish speaking communities in the diaspora.-Life and career:...
(1918-2005), Yiddish theater actress - Pesach'ke Burstein (1896-1986) Yiddish theater actor
- Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990), writer
- Shep FieldsShep FieldsShep Fields was the band leader for the "Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm" orchestra during the Big Band era of the 1930s.-Biography:...
(1910-1981), band leader - Misha Fishzon (1884-1949)
- Leo FrankLeo FrankLeo Max Frank was a Jewish-American factory superintendent whose hanging in 1915 by a lynch mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia drew attention to antisemitism in the United States....
(1884–1915), the only Jew ever lynched in the United States - Selig GrossingerGrossinger's Catskill Resort HotelGrossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel was a resort in the Catskill Mountains in the Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York. It is part of the Borscht Belt. After decades of activity and notable guests, it closed its doors in 1986.-History:...
(d. 12/18/1931). He is the founder of the famous Catskill Jewish resort, Grossinger's. He, his wife, and several descendants are buried in a family plot here. He was part of the Balegroder Congregation burial society http://www.catskillarchive.com/grossinger/index.htm. - Alan KingAlan King (comedian)Alan King was an American actor and comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well known as a Jewish comedian and satirist. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of movies and television shows. King wrote several books, produced films, and...
(1927-2004), comedian - Aaron LebedeffAaron LebedeffAaron Lebedeff , a Yiddish theater star, was born in Homel, White Russia. In childhood he sang for the Hazzan, Borekh David. Having no interest in education, he was sent to learn a trade, but soon he ran away and began to play small roles in a Russian theaters in Boboysk, Minsk and other towns...
, actor (died 1960) - Benny LeonardBenny LeonardBenny Leonard was an American lightweight boxer. He was named as number 8 on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years and number 7 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time....
(1896–1947), a renowned prize fighter who was once lightweight champ and won over 200 fights - Shifra LererShifra LererShifra Lerer was an Argentine-born American Yiddish theater actress based in New York City. Lerer appeared opposite every major Yiddish theater actor during her career, which lasted 90 years...
(1915-2011), Yiddish theater actress - Menashe OppenheimMenashe OppenheimMenashe Oppenheim Menashe Oppenheim Menashe Oppenheim ((Menasha, Menasze Oppenheim, sometimes used pseudonym Mieczyslaw) (1905-1973) Polish Jewish singer, composer, songwriter, collector and performer of folk songs. Born in the eastern borderlands of Poland, in the early thirties he performed at...
(1905-1973), Yiddish theater and film actor - Molly PiconMolly PiconMolly Picon was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller....
Kalish (1898-1992), Yiddish theater actress - Jack PearlJack PearlJack Pearl, born Jack Perlman , was a vaudeville performer and a star of early radio.Born in New York, Pearl made an easy transition from vaudeville to broadfcasting when he introduced his character Baron Munchausen on The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air in 1932. His creation was loosely based on the...
(1894-1982), vaudeville performer and radio comedian - Miriam Kressyn RexiteMiriam KressynMiriam Kressyn , one of the "First Ladies of the Yiddish Theater", acted and sang on stage, film and radio; she wrote plays as well. -Personal life:...
(1910-1996), Yiddish theater actress and singer - Seymour RexiteSeymour RexiteSeymour Rexite , originally Rechtzeit, was an actor and singer of the Yiddish theater, film and radio in the United States, and for some time president of the Hebrew Actors Union....
(1908-2002), Yiddish theater actor and singer - Menasha SkulnikMenasha SkulnikMenasha Skulnik was a Jewish American actor, primarily known for his roles in Yiddish theater in New York City. Skulnik was also popular on radio, playing Uncle David on The Goldbergs for 19 years...
(1892-1970), Yiddish theater actor - Bertha Kalish Spachner (died 1939), Yiddish theater actress
- Maurice SchwartzMaurice SchwartzMaurice Schwartz was a Russian-born film and theatre actor active in the United States. He was also a film director, film producer, theatrical producer, screenwriter and theatre director.-Theatre:...
(1891-1960), Yiddish theater actor - Boris Thomashevsky (1866-1939), Yiddish Theater actor
- Bessie ThomashefskyBessie ThomashefskyBessie Thomashefsky was a Jewish American singer and actress, a star in Yiddish theater beginning in the 1890s. She was the wife and stage partner of Boris Thomashefsky, the most popular Yiddish leading man of his era...
(1873-1962), Yiddish theater actress