New Montefiore Cemetery is a

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cemetery located in

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History

Montefiore Cemetery Corporation had been maintaining Montefiore Cemetery in

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since 1908. The corporation bought 250 acres from Pinelawn Cemetery for $375,000 and established New Montefiore Cemetery in 1928. Burials started shortly afterwards. New Montefiore is one of a group of adjacent large cemeteries on Long Island sometimes called "cemetery row." From north to south along Wellwood Avenue, these are the Department of Veterans Affairs'

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, the non-sectarian Pinelawn Memorial Park and Gardens, the

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's Saint Charles Cemetery, and four Jewish cemeteries, which are Beth Moses Cemetery, Wellwood Cemetery, New Montefiore, and Mount Ararat Cemetery. The Shomrim Society, the fraternal society of Jewish officers in the

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, has a burial plot for their members in New Montefiore Cemetery.

Notable burials

Herb Abrams Herbert Charles Abrams (July 9, 1955 – July 23, 1996), also known by the nickname Mr. Electricity, was an American professional wrestling promoter from Queens, New York, who founded the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1990. Early life ...

(1955–1996) (born Herbert Charles Abrams), founder of the Universal Wrestling Federation * Skippy Adelman (1924–2004) (born Julius Adelman), photographer, executive in film production and advertising agencies * Abe Beame (1906–2001) (born Abraham David Birnbaum), mayor of New York City *

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(1906–1999) (born Benjamin Samberg), American singer and songwriter *

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(1907–1984), boxer and boxing referee *

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(1890–1978), sculptor *

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(1913–1996), musical composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist * Laurel Griggs (2006–2019), child actress *

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in 1964. * Alexa Kenin (1962–1985), actress *

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(1914–1970), author and anthropologist * Jacob Milch (1866–1945), writer, candy manufacturer, socialist * Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878–1939), writer, journalist, and Communist *

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(1954–2016), record producer *

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(1908–1998), actress and vocal artist *

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. *

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(1957–1990), jazz guitarist * Seymour R. Thaler (1919–1976), lawyer, New York State Senator, and felon * Nahum Tschacbasov (1899–1984), Russian Empire-born painter, educator, poet

References

External links

New Montefiore Cemetery Official Website
* {{Authority control Jewish cemeteries in New York (state) Cemeteries in Suffolk County, New York Jews and Judaism in Suffolk County, New York 1928 establishments in New York (state) Cemeteries established in the 1920s

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Notable burials

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