Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York

Notable Interments

• Celia Adler (1889–1979), Yiddish theater actress
• Henrietta Jacobson Adler^[1] (1906–1988), Yiddish theater actress, wife of Julius Adler
• Julius Adler (1906–1994), Yiddish theater actor
• Jules Bender (1914–1982), college basketball star
• Mina Bern (1911–2010), Yiddish theater actress
• Ben Bernie (1891–1943), bandleader and radio personality
• Max Bozyk^[2] (approx. 1899–1970), Yiddish theater actor
• Reizl Bozyk (1914–1993), Yiddish theater actress
• Paulina Lavitz Brav (1879-1959), Yiddish theater actress
• Louis Buchalter (1897–1944), organized crime figure, boss of Murder, Inc.
• Lillian Lux Burstein (1918–2005), Yiddish theater actress
• Pesach'ke Burstein (1896–1986), Yiddish theater actor
• Louis Cohen (1904–1939), mobster
• Isidore Dollinger (1903–2000), New York State Senator and Assemblyman, U.S. Congressman, and Bronx County District Attorney
• Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990), writer
• Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995), photojournalist
• Shep Fields (1910–1981), bandleader
• Misha Fishzon (1884–1949)
• Jack Gilford (1908–1990) Broadway, film and television performer
• Jennie Goldstein (1896–1960), Yiddish theater actress
• Selig Grossinger (d. 12/18/1931), founder of Grossinger's, the famous Catskill Jewish resort. His wife and several descendants are also buried in the plot. He was part of the Balegroder Congregation burial society.
• Marvin Kaplan (1927–2016), actor
• Nathan Kaplan (1891–1923), gangster
• Alan King (1927–2004), comedian
• Abraham Landau (1895–1935), mobster
• Eddie Layton (1925–2004), organist for the New York Yankees
• Aaron Lebedeff (1873–1960), Yiddish theater actor
• Fred Lebow (1932–1994), founder the New York City Marathon and president of the New York Road Runners Club
• Madeline Lee (1923–2008), as Madeline Gilford, film and stage actress, theatrical producer
• Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), initiator of the Genocide Convention
• Shifra Lerer (1915–2011), Yiddish theater actress
• Menashe Oppenheim (1905–1973), Yiddish theater and film actor
• Sam Paul (1874–1927), gambler, underworld figure, businessman, and political organizer
• Jack Pearl (1894–1982), vaudeville performer and radio comedian
• Nathan D. Perlman (1887–1952), U.S. congressman
• Molly Picon Kalich (1898–1992), Yiddish theater actress
• Gregory Ratoff^[3] (c. April 1893 – December 14, 1960), Yiddish theater and Hollywood actor/director
• Jack Rechtzeit^[4] (1903–1988), Yiddish theater actor
• Miriam Kressyn Rexite (1910–1996), Yiddish theater actress and singer
• Seymour Rexite (1908–2002), Yiddish theater actor and singer
• Solomon Schechter (1847–1915), Conservative Jewish theologian
• Fred Schmertz (1888–1976), founder member of the Millrose Games and the meet director from 1934 to 1974
• Maurice Schwartz (1891–1960), Yiddish theater actor
• William I. Sirovich (1882–1939), U.S. congressman
• Bertha Kalich Spachner (1874–1939), Yiddish theater actress
• Bessie Thomashefsky (1873–1962), Yiddish theater actress
• Boris Thomashevsky (1866–1939), Yiddish theater actor
• Emanuel Weiss (1906–1944), organized crime figure, member of Murder, Inc., and associate of Louis Buchalter

Sources

1. ↑ Henrietta Jacobson Adler on Find A Grave: Memorial #14314062
2. ↑ Max Bozyk on Find A Grave: Memorial #8486144
3. ↑ Gregory Ratoff on Find A Grave: Memorial #34577998
4. ↑ Jack Rechtzeit on Find A Grave: Memorial #14333646

See also:

• Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City) on Wikipedia
• Mount Hebron Cemetery on Find A Grave
• Category: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York