Entrance Sign at Salem Fields Cemetery 2008

Salem Fields Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 775 Jamaica Avenue in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of

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, United States, within the Cemetery Belt. It was founded in 1852 by Congregation Emanu-El of New York. Salem Fields is the final resting place for many of the prominent German-Jewish families of New York City. Among those buried in the cemetery are members of the Fox family, founders of

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; the Guggenheim family, who were involved in mining, newspapers, and Guggenheim museums; the Lewisohn family, who were involved in mining, banking, and philanthropy; and the

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, which led a large theatrical empire. Architectural historian Fredric Bedoire, Professor at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Stockholm, compared the "beautiful" Salem Fields to the architecturally notable mausoleums and undulating landscape of

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in Paris. Architect

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designed the Guggenheim family mausoleum, modeled after the

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at Athens. The entrance of Salem Fields was designed by Henry Fernbach, the architect of Central Synagogue. Salem Fields is part of a larger complex of cemeteries spanning into the borough of

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, including likewise Jewish Machpelah Cemetery, where

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is buried; Union Field Cemetery; Mount Judah Cemetery, where several prominent Rabbis lie; Mount Carmel Cemetery; and the non-denominational Cypress Hills Cemetery and Cemetery of the Evergreens.

Notable burials

* Raphael Benjamin (1846–1906), British-born Australian and American rabbi * Leo C. Dessar (1847–1924), lawyer, politician, and judge * Abram J. Dittenhoefer (1836–1919), lawyer and judge * Simon M. Ehrlich (1852–1895), lawyer and judge *

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(1879–1952), founder of the

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(1821–1904), investment banker *

Richard James Horatio Gottheil Richard James Horatio Gottheil (13 October 1862 – 22 May 1936) was an English Americans, English American Semitic studies, Semitic scholar, Zionist, founding father of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, and one of the founders of the Jewish Institute ...

(1862–1936), founder of Zeta Beta Tau * Joseph B. Greenhut (1843–1918), merchant * Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890–1971), newspaper magnate * Meyer Guggenheim (1820–1905), mining industrialist * Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861–1949), mining industrialist, philanthropist, art patron * Louis H. Hahlo (1865–1932), lawyer, member of the

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* Ephraim Arnold Jacob (1845–1905), lawyer and judge * George E. Jonas (1897–1978), businessman and philanthropist who founded Camp Rising Sun. * Edgar J. Lauer (1871–1948), lawyer and judge *

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(1845–1926), lawyer and judge * Leo N. Levi (1856–1904), lawyer and Jewish activist *

Adolph Lewisohn Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 – August 17, 1938) was a German Jewish immigrant born in Hamburg who became a New York City investment banker, mining magnate, and philanthropist. He is the namesake of Lewisohn Hall (which formerly housed the Colu ...

(1849–1938), mining magnate, banker, art collector, philanthropist; younger brother of Leonard Lewisohn * Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), mining magnate, banker, philanthropist; older brother of Adolph Lewisohn * Bob Marshall (1901–1939), wilderness activist, forester, author * Louis B. Marshall (1856–1929), constitutional lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader, father of Bob Marshall * Lipman Emanuel Pike (1845–1893), first Jewish player in

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* Adolph Moses Radin (1848–1909), rabbi * Simon F. Rothschild (1861–1936), businessman * Adolph L. Sanger (1842–1894), lawyer, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen *

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(1903–1989), owner and publisher,

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* Joseph Seligman (1819–1880), banker, businessman * Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker, businessman *

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(1875–1944), playwright, theatrical director and producer * Henry L. Sherman (1870–1938), lawyer and judge * Jacob J. Shubert (1879–1963), theater owner and operator, director, producer *

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(1871–1953), theater owner and operator, producer * Samuel S. Shubert (1878–1905), playwright, theater owner and operator, producer * Isaac Siegel (1880–1947), U.S. Congressman from New York * Bernard Silverman (1838–1898), member of the New York State Assembly * Alfred Steckler (1856–1929), lawyer and judge * Sol M. Stroock (1873–1941), lawyer * Julius Tishman (1864–1935), founder of Tishman Realty & Construction * Felix M. Warburg (1871–1937), financier, philanthropist * Albert Warner (1884–1967), co-founder of

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Notable burials

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