Mount Zion Cemetery is a large
Jewish
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cemetery
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located in
Maspeth, Queens
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,
New York City
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. The first burial was in 1893, and as of 2015, more than 210,000 individuals had been buried there. It is noted for its memorial to those who died in the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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.
The grounds are approximately 78 acres,
and are divided into hundreds of plots, or gates, by
landsmanshaften,
synagogue
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s, or families.
Notable burials
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Herman M. Albert (1901–1947), lawyer, New York State Assemblyman
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Birdie Amsterdam (1901–1996), lawyer, judge, and
New York State Supreme Court justice
* William Cohen (? –1916), U.S. Army sergeant killed by troops of
Pancho Villa
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on U.S. soil in the
Glenn Springs raid
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Bernard Drachman (1861–1945), rabbi
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Morris Michael Edelstein (1888–1941), US Congressman
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Isidore Einstein (1880–1938), federal agent in the Bureau of Prohibition
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Berta Gersten (1894–1972), actress
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Marvin Hamlisch
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(1944–2012), composer and conductor
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Abraham Harawitz (1879–1935), lawyer, New York State Assemblyman, Municipal Court Justice
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Lorenz Hart
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(1895–1943), lyricist
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Naftali Herz Imber (1856–1909), poet, lyricist, and composer of
Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem. Disinterred and reburied in Israel in 1953.
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Mathilde Krim (1926–2018), medical researcher
* Irving L. Levey (1898–1970), New York State Supreme Court justice
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Edna Luby (1884–1928), actress and comedian
* Theresa Moers (1893–1924), killed by the boxer
Kid McCoy
* Herman Weiss (about 1869–1934), New York assemblyman
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Nathanael West (1903–1940), author and screenwriter
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Eva Zeisel (1906–2011), industrial designer
References
External links
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{{Jewish cemeteries in New York City
Jewish cemeteries in New York City
Jews and Judaism in Queens, New York
Cemeteries in Queens, New York
Maspeth, Queens
1893 establishments in New York (state)
Cemeteries established in the 1890s