Beth David Cemetery
Jewish cemetery in Elmont, New York
Beth David Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery[ 1] Elmont, New York , United States. The cemetery was established in 1917. As of 2012, there were approximately 245,000 burials in the cemetery.[ 2]
Notable interments
Iris Apfel (1921–2024), fashion designer[ 3] Sam Ash (1897–1956), violinistAbe Axler (1901–1933), mobsterEduard Bloch (1872–1945), personal physician to the family of Adolf Hitler Rube Bloom (1902–1976), musicianDori Brenner (1946–2000), actressJoseph Brody (1877–1937), composerJoyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist[ 4] Barbara Craddock (1940–2005), dancer and choreographerHappy Foreman (1899–1953), baseball playerNoah Greenberg (1919–1966), conductorBernard Herrmann (1911–1975), composer[ 5] Israel J. Hochman (1875–1940), bandleader and music arrangerSol Kaplan (1919–1990), composerAndy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian and actor[ 6] Martin Landau (1928–2017), actor[ 7] [ 8] Jay Larkin (1950–2010), television executiveSam Levenson (1911–1980), humoristBarry Lewis (1945–2021), historianChuck Low (1928–2017), actor[ 9] Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film directorJackie Mason (1928–2021), comedian and actorJack Newfield (1938–2004), journalist[ 10] Mitchell Parish (1900–1993), lyricistRobert Plotnik (1943–2018), owner of "Bleecker Bob's" record shopDoc Pomus (1925–1991), musicianMnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi and scholar[ 11] Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), baseball playerElyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Orthodox rabbiBenjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923–1983), politicianAaron Schechter (1928–2023), Orthodox rabbiWalt Singer (1911–1992), football playerSolomon Smulewitz (1866–1943), Yiddish vaudeville singer and songwriterHarry Strauss (1909–1941), mobsterHerbert Tenzer (1905–1993), politicianAbe Vigoda (1921–2016), actor[ 12] Larry Wachtel (1930–2007), radio commentatorLeibele Waldman (1907–1969), composer and actorHerman Wouk (1915–2019), author[ 13]
References
^ "Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY" . www.nndb.com . Retrieved 29 January 2019 .^ "Long Island: Elmont/Beth David: (Nassau County) - new-york-ny- - International Jewish Cemetery Project" . www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org . Retrieved 29 January 2019 .^ Legendary Style Icon and Designer Iris Apfel Dies at 102, Leaving Behind a Colorful Legacy ^ Ilnytzky, Ula; Cohen, Sandy (13 May 2013). "Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85" . San Diego Union Tribune . Associated Press. Retrieved 29 January 2019 . ^ "Visiting the Final Resting Place of Composer Bernard Herrmann" . The Classic Movie Muse . 29 October 2021.^ Whittle, Patrick (15 November 2013). "Kaufman buried in Elmont despite 'daughter's' claim" . Newsday . Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019 . ^ "Martin Landau Died from Massive Internal Bleeding" . TMZ . 27 July 2017.^ Marzlock, Ron (3 December 2020). "Academy award-winning actor lived in Jackson Heights" . Queens Chronicle . ^ "Charles Low Obituary" . Legacy.com . Retrieved 29 January 2019 .^ Soltis, Andy (22 December 2004). "Jack Newfield, Columnist, Dies" . New York Post . Retrieved 29 January 2019 . ^ Rabbi Menachem Risikoff ^ Abe Vigoda mourned at The Godfather-themed funeral ^ Herman Wouk
