Beth David Cemetery


Details
Established	1917
Location	Elmont, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°41′57″N 73°42′22″W / 40.6992°N 73.7062°W / 40.6992; -73.7062
Type	Jewish
Find a Grave	Beth David Cemetery

Beth David Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery^[1] located at 300 Elmont Road in 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), violinist
Abe Axler (1901–1933), mobster
Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), personal physician to the family of Adolf Hitler
Rube Bloom (1902–1976), musician
Dori Brenner (1946–2000), actress
Joseph Brody (1877–1937), composer
Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist^[4]
Barbara Craddock (1940–2005), dancer and choreographer
Happy Foreman (1899–1953), baseball player
Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), conductor
Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), composer^[5]
Israel J. Hochman (1875–1940), bandleader and music arranger
Sol Kaplan (1919–1990), composer
Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian and actor^[6]
Martin Landau (1928–2017), actor^[7]^[8]
Jay Larkin (1950–2010), television executive
Sam Levenson (1911–1980), humorist
Barry Lewis (1945–2021), historian
Chuck Low (1928–2017), actor^[9]
Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film director
Jackie Mason (1928–2021), comedian and actor
Jack Newfield (1938–2004), journalist^[10]
Mitchell Parish (1900–1993), lyricist
Robert Plotnik (1943-2018), owner of "Bleecker Bob's" record shop
Doc Pomus (1925–1991), musician
Mnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi and scholar^[11]
Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), baseball player
Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Orthodox rabbi
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923–1983), politician
Aaron Schechter (1928-2023), Orthodox rabbi
Walt Singer (1911–1992), football player
Solomon Smulewitz (1866-1943), Yiddish vaudeville singer and songwriter
Harry Strauss (1909–1941), mobster
Herbert Tenzer (1905–1993), politician
Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), actor^[12]
Larry Wachtel (1930-2007), radio commentator
Leibele Waldman (1907–1969), composer and actor
Herman Wouk (1915–2019), author^[13]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beth David Cemetery.

^ "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. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "Martin Landau Died from Massive Internal Bleeding". TMZ. 27 July 2017.
^ https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/academy-award-winning-actor-lived-in-jackson-heights/article_bf51cea2-3a13-5363-bfde-99f1b0f56d53.html
^ "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