New Montefiore Cemetery Explained

New Montefiore Cemetery
Established:	1928^[1]
Country:	United States
Location:	1180 Wellwood Avenue West Babylon, New York, 11704
Map Type:	New York
Coordinates:	40.7264°N -73.3872°W Wikidata: yes Zoom: 12 Marker: religious-jewish
Type:	Jewish
Owner:	Montefiore Cemetery Corporation
Size:	250 acres
Graves:	more than 150,000
Website:	New Montefiore Cemetery
Findagraveid:	65415
Politicalgeo:	NY/SF-buried.html#cms06188

New Montefiore Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in West Babylon, New York.

History

Montefiore Cemetery Corporation had been maintaining Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens since 1908. The corporation bought 250 acres from Pinelawn Cemetery for $375,000 and established New Montefiore Cemetery in 1928.^[1] 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' Long Island National Cemetery, the non-sectarian Pinelawn Memorial Park and Gardens, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's Saint Charles Cemetery, and four Jewish cemeteries, which are Beth Moses Cemetery, Wellwood Cemetery, New Montefiore, and Mount Ararat Cemetery.^[2]

The Shomrim Society, the fraternal society of Jewish officers in the New York City Police Department, has a burial plot for their members in New Montefiore Cemetery.

Notable burials

• Herb Abrams (1955–1996) (born Herbert Charles Abrams), founder of the Universal Wrestling Federation^[3]
• Skippy Adelman (1924–2004) (born Julius Adelman), photographer, executive in film production and advertising agencies^[4]
• Abe Beame (1906–2001) (born Abraham David Birnbaum), mayor of New York City^[5]
• Benny Bell (1906–1999) (born Benjamin Samberg), American singer and songwriter^[6]
• Ruby Goldstein (1907–1984), boxer and boxing referee^[7]
• Aaron Goodelman (1890–1978), sculptor^[8]
• Morton Gould (1913–1996), musical composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist^[9]
• Laurel Griggs (2006–2019), child actress^[10]
• Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940), Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, and soldier,^[11] reinterred in Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem in 1964.^[12]
• Alexa Kenin (1962–1985), actress^[13]
• Oscar Lewis (1914–1970), author and anthropologist^[14]
• Jacob Milch (1866–1945), writer, candy manufacturer, socialist^[15]
• Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878–1939), writer, journalist, and Communist^[16]
• Lou Pearlman (1954–2016), record producer
• Mae Questel (1908–1998), actress and vocal artist^[17]
• Tommy Ramone (real name Thomas Erdely, 1949–2014), original drummer for the punk rock band, the Ramones.
• Emily Remler (1957–1990), jazz guitarist
• Seymour R. Thaler (1919–1976), lawyer, New York State Senator, and felon^[18]
• Nahum Tschacbasov (1899–1984), Russian Empire-born painter, educator, poet

See also

• List of cemeteries in New York

External links

• New Montefiore Cemetery Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Letter from Milton Pollack, in the case file of Pinelawn Cemetery vs. John P. Lomenzo, Louis J. Lefkowitz, and Hollis S. Ingraham, Constituting the Cemetery Board in the Division of Cemeteries in the Department of State of New York and the Cemetery Board, New York County Clerk index #12077/69. Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department. September 4, 1952. 13 November 2016.
2. News: Rather. John. First, the People Moved East. Now, So Are the Cemeteries. 22 May 2016. New York Times. August 30, 1998.
3. Web site: Queens, NY . New Montefiore Cemetery . September 2, 2023.
4. Book: . Section 3, Block 14, Row 10, Grave 12R – Society: ONLO Association Inc.. New Montefiore Cemetery ID: 5256343 . May 20, 2022.
5. Book: Wilson. Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons. 2016. McFarland and Company. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-7864-7992-4. 49. Third. 23 September 2016.
6. Wilson (2016), p. 53.
7. News: Ruby Goldstein, 76, Ring Referee Who Quit. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 40. 25 April 1984.
8. Web site: Artist Biography & Facts – Aaron Goodelman. askart.com. December 27, 2022.
9. Wilson (2016), p. 290.
10. Web site: Todisco. Eric. 13-Year-Old Broadway Star Laurel Griggs' Cause of Death Revealed. People Magazine. people.com. November 10, 2019. November 18, 2019.
11. News: Jabotinsky Rites Today – Veterans' Organizations to Take Part in Services for Zionist. 23 September 2016. New York Times. August 6, 1940. 20.
12. News: Spiegel. Irving. Israelis to Honor Patriot's Memory – Bodies of Jabotinsky and His Wife Going Back Home. 23 September 2016. New York Times. July 3, 1964. 25.
13. Wilson (2016), p. 400.
14. News: Whitman. Alden. Oscar Lewis, Author and Anthropologist, Dead. 23 September 2016. New York Times. December 18, 1970. 42.
15. News: Deaths . October 8, 2021 . The New York TImes . August 20, 2021. 19.
16. News: 8,000 Honor Olgin in Funeral Parade – 45,000 Join in Ceremonies for Communist Editor. 23 September 2016. New York Times. November 27, 1939. 14.
17. Book: Bahn. Paul G.. The Archaeology of Hollywood - Traces of the Golden Age. 2014. Rowman and Littlefield. Lanham, MD. 978-0-7591-2378-6. 13 November 2016.
18. News: Krebs. Albin. Seymour R. Thaler Dead; Former State Senator, 56. 23 September 2016. New York Times. February 6, 1976. 28.