The Home of Peace Memorial Park and Mortuary ( ''Beit Kvarot Beit Shalom''), also called the Home of Peace Cemetery, is a

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. It is located at 4334 Whittier Boulevard west of

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History

In 1853, the first and oldest Jewish cemetery in Los Angeles was established in

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, near the present-day

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.Wilshire Boulevard Temple: Our History
/ref> In 1901, Kaspare Cohn donated 30 acres (12.1 ha) of land for the establishment of this cemetery. The bodies interred at Chavez Ravine were moved to East Los Angeles's Home of Peace Memorial Park between 1902 and 1910. There are a number of famous

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s buried here, and amongst others a few celebrities from the entertainment industry as well.

Notable interments

Inez Asher Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2006) was a novelist and television writer. Early years Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines, Iowa real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. ...

(1911–2006), television writer and novelist *

Burt Baskin Burton Leo Baskin (December 17, 1913 December 24, 1967) was an American businessman who co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1946 with business partner and brother-in-law Irv Robbins. Early life Burt Baskin was born in 1913 in ...

(1913–1967), business magnate and co-founder of

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Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (; February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was influential within the Jewish-American organized crime, Jewish Mo ...

Susan Berman Susan Jane Berman (May 18, 1945 – December 23, 2000) was an American journalist and author. The daughter of mobster David Berman, she wrote about her late-in-life realization of her father's role in organized crime. In 2000, Berman was ...

(1945–2000), author, journalist, daughter of David Berman * Thelma Bernstein (1910–2006), actress *

Fanny Brice Fania Borach (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951), known professionally as Fanny Brice or Fannie Brice, was an American comedian, Illustrated Songs, illustrated song model, singer, and actress who made many stage, radio, and film appearances. Sh ...

(1891–1951), actress and comedian (transferred to

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and Morgue, mortuary located in the Westwood, Los Angeles, Westwood area of Los Angeles. It includes a crematory for cremation services. Its location is at 1218 Glendon Av ...

in 1992) * Boake Carter (1900–1944), journalist * Lou Clayton (1890–1950), entertainer * Abram M. Edelman (1863–1941), architect *

Harry Einstein Harry Einstein (May 6, 1904 – November 24, 1958), known professionally as Harry Parke and other pseudonyms, most commonly Parkyakarkus ( ), was an American comedian, writer, and character actor. A specialist in Greek dialect comedy, he became fa ...

(1904–1958), comedian *

Leo F. Forbstein Leo Frank Forbstein (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American film Music supervision, musical director and Conducting, orchestra conductor who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period. Early years Forbstein was b ...

(1892–1948), composer and conductor *

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years between 1940 and 1 ...

(1904–1959), composer and lyricist *

Don Hartman Samuel Donald Hartman (18 November 1900 – 23 March 1958) was an American screenwriter and director and former production head of Paramount Pictures. He and Stephen Morehouse Avery were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for ''The Ga ...

(1900–1958), director * Herman W. Hellman (1843–1906), German-born Jewish businessman, banker, and real estate investor *

Curly Howard Jerome Lester Horwitz (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of The Three Stooges comedy team, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and ...

(1903–1952), actor, comedian, member of

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Shemp Howard Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in The Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while i ...

(1895–1955), actor, comedian, member of The Three Stooges *

David A. Karnofsky David Aryah Karnofsky (March 28, 1914 – August 31, 1969) was an American clinical oncologist. In 1940, while he was a resident at the Colis P. Huntington Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research of Harvard University, David A. Karnofsky began cl ...

(1914–1969), medical oncologist *

Carl Laemmle Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle ; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films. Regarded as one of the ...

(1867–1939), film executive, founder of

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; he created the "Star" system *

Carl Laemmle Jr. Carl Laemmle Jr. (born Julius Laemmle; April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979) was an American film producer, studio executive and heir of Carl Laemmle, who had founded Universal Studios. He was head of production at the studio from 1928 to 1 ...

(1908–1979), son of Carl Laemmle and studio executive *

Carla Laemmle Rebekah Isabelle LaemmleBiodata (with correct birthname)
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(1909–2014), niece of Carl Laemmle and actress * Solomon Lazard (1827–1916), 19th Century merchant and community leader *

Ruth Harriet Louise Ruth Harriet Louise (born Ruth Goldstein; January 13, 1903 – October 12, 1940) was an American photographer. She was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, and she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930. Early ...

(1903–1940), photographer *

Edgar Magnin Edgar Magnin (July 1, 1890 – July 17, 1984) was rabbi and spiritual leader of Wilshire Boulevard Temple (previously Congregation B'nai B'rith), the oldest Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, California. Magnin served at the temple for 69 yea ...

(1890–1984), rabbi and spiritual leader *

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884Mayer maintained that he was born in Minsk on July 4, 1885. According to Scott Eyman, the reasons may have been: * Mayer's father gave different dates for his birthplace at different times, so ...

(1885–1957), a founder of the

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film studios *

Joseph Mell Joseph Mell (June 23, 1915 – August 31, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He was known for starring as Burt Stone in the 1971 film '' The Ski Bum''. Mell died on August 31, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62. ...

(1915–1977), American film and television actor * Raymond Moscatel (1931–2022), Seattle University Basketball player beat The Harlem Globe Trotters in 1952 *

Carmel Myers Carmel Myers (April 9, 1899 – November 9, 1980) was an American actress who achieved her greatest successes in silent film. Early life Myers was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Isidore Myers, a Russian-Jewish rabbi who was born in ...

(1899–1980), actress *

Harry Rapf Harry Rapf (16 October 1880 in New York City – 6 February 1949 in Los Angeles), was an American film producer. Biography Born to a Jewish family, Rapf began his career in 1917, and during a 20-year career became a well-known producer of films ...

(1880–1949), motion picture producer and studio executive * Joseph Rosenberg (1881–1971) Bank of America executive vice president and motion picture lender *

Mark Sandrich Mark Sandrich (born Mark Rex Goldstein; October 26, 1900 – March 4, 1945) was an American film director, writer, and producer. Early life Sandrich was born in New York City on October 26, 1900 into a Jewish family. His sister was Ruth Har ...

(1900–1945), motion picture director * Jack H. Skirball (1896–1985), rabbi, film producer, real estate developer and philanthropist *

Abe Stern Abe Stern (March 8, 1888 – July 12, 1951) was an American film producer. He produced 542 films between 1917 and 1929. He was a co-founder of Universal Studios. He was born in Fulda, Germany, and died in Los Angeles County, California. ...

(1888–1951), motion picture producer *

Charles Vidor Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1899June 4, 1959) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), ''Double_Door_(film), Double Door ''(1934), ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), ''The Desper ...

(1900–1959), motion picture director *

Harry Warner Harry Morris Warner (born Hirsz Mojżesz Wonsal; December 12, 1881 – July 25, 1958) was an American studio executive, one of the founders of Warner Bros., and a major contributor to the development of the film industry. Along with his three y ...

(1881–1958), co-founder of

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film studios *

Jack L. Warner Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's ca ...

(1892–1978), co-founder of Warner Brothers film studios, founder of

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Sam Warner Samuel Louis Warner (born Szmuel Wonsal, August 10, 1887 – October 5, 1927) was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros. He established the studio along with his brothers Harry, Albert, and ...

(1887–1927), co-founder and first CEO of Warner Brothers film studios *

Conrad Wells Conrad Wells (June 27, 1901 – January 2, 1930) was an American cinematographer and film editor. Biography Wells began his film career as a camera assistant, becoming a full cameraman in 1919. He specialized in outdoor cinematography often ...

(born Abraham Fried) (1892–1930), cinematographer * Osher Zilberstein (1888–1973), rabbi

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Home Of Peace Memorial Park Cemeteries in Los Angeles Jewish cemeteries in California Jews and Judaism in Los Angeles 1901 establishments in California Cemeteries established in the 1900s