Montefiore Cemetery, also known as Old Montefiore Cemetery, is a

Jewish cemetery A Jewish cemetery ( he, בית עלמין ''beit almin'' or ''beit kvarot'') is a cemetery where Jews are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition. Cemeteries are referred to in several different ways in Hebrew, including ''beit kevarot'' ...

in Springfield Gardens, Queens,

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, established in 1908. The cemetery is called by several names, including Old Montefiore, Springfield, or less commonly, just Montefiore. More than 150,000 have been buried there. The Shomrim Society, the fraternal society of Jewish officers in the

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, has a burial plot for their members in Montefiore Cemetery, and it contains a large granite obelisk erected in 1949.

Notable burials

* Hyman Amberg (1902–1926), mobster *

Joseph C. Amberg Joseph Amberg (1892 – September 30, 1935) was a New York City, New York mobster who, with his brothers Hyman Amberg, Hyman and Louis Amberg, Louis "Pretty" Amberg, was involved in labor racketeering and other criminal activities. During the 1 ...

(–1926), mobster *

Louis Amberg Louis "Pretty" Amberg (1897 – October 23, 1935) was an American mobster. Along with his brothers Joseph and Hyman Amberg, they competed against Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and the Shapiro Brothers for control of Brooklyn ...

(1898–1935), mobster *

Abraham Coralnik Abraham Coralnik (October 16, 1883 – July 16, 1937) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, journalist, and newspaper editor. Life Coralnik was born on October 16, 1883, in Uman, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire, the son of David a ...

(1883–1937), writer and newspaper editor * Al "Bummy" Davis (192–1945), boxer * Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor *

Israel Lewis Feinberg Israel Lewis Feinberg, M.D. (1872 – April 13, 1941) was a physician and the Coroner of New York County, New York from 1910 to 1918, where he served as president of the board of coroners. Biography He was born in 1872 to Minnie (1834–?) in Ne ...

, M.D. (1872–1941), Coroner of New York County *

Sidney A. Fine Sidney Asher Fine (September 14, 1903 – April 23, 1982) was an American lawyer, politician and justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1956 to 1973. From 1951 to 1956, he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Early life F ...

(1903–1982), New York state assemblyman, senator, and U.S. congressman *

Fyvush Finkel Philip "Fyvush" Finkel ( yi, פֿײַוויש פֿינקעל; October 9, 1922 – August 14, 2016) was an American actor known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series ''Picket Fences'', ...

(1922–2016), actor * Alexander Granach (1893–1945), actor *

Shemaryahu Gurary Shemaryahu Gurary, also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag, (1897-1989) was a rabbi following the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty of Hasidism. His father was Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was a son-in-law of Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad- ...

(1897–1989),

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rabbi * Philip M. Kleinfeld (1894–1971), New York State assemblyman, senator, and judge *

Oscar Lewis Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (December 25, 1914 – December 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends ...

(1914–1970), author and anthropologist *

Lou Limmer Louis Limmer (March 10, 1925 – April 1, 2007) was a Major League Baseball player in 1951 and 1954 for the Philadelphia Athletics. Limmer was born in the Bronx, New York, and was Jewish. He graduated from Manhattan High School of Aviation in 19 ...

(1925–2007), baseball player * Joseph Margoshes (1866–1955), Yiddish journalist *

Samuel Margoshes Samuel Margoshes (October 21, 1887 – August 23, 1968) was a Galician-born Jewish-American Yiddish journalist, newspaper editor, and Zionist. Life Margoshes was born on October 21, 1887 in the village of Józefów, near Tarnów, Galicia. He was ...

(1887–1968), Yiddish journalist and newspaper editor *

William Meyerowitz William Meyerowtiz (1887–1981) was an American artist known for his paintings and etchings. William Meyerowitz was born in Ekaterinoslav on July 15, 1887. He and his father immigrated to New York City in 1908, and they settled in the Lower East ...

(1887–1981), artist * Hans Morgenthau (1904–1980), international relations scholar *

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(1905–1970), artist *

Joseph Schlossberg Joseph Schlossberg (May 1, 1875 – January 15, 1971) was a Belorussian-born Jewish-American labor activist. Life Schlossberg was born on May 1, 1875 in Koidanovo, Minsk Governorate, Russia, the son of Max Schlossberg and Bessie Feldman. He immig ...

(1875–1971), labor activist * Nathan D. Shapiro (1887–1969), lawyer and New York State assemblyman * Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth

Lubavitcher Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups ...

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Heilman and Friedman (2012), p. 17. *

Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Modern Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסון; old-fashioned spelling: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to man ...

(1902–1994), seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe *

Arnold Schuster Arnold L. Schuster (1927 – March 8, 1952) was an American clothing salesman and amateur detective known for his involvement in the capture of bank robber Willie "The Actor" Sutton and for Schuster's subsequent murder by either the Gambino cri ...

(1927–1952), Brooklyn clothing salesman and amateur detective *

Aryeh Leib Schochet Rabbi Aryeh Leib Schochet ( he, אריה לייב שוחט) was a Ukrainian rabbi who emigrated to the United States in 1906. He published a book on Hasidic philosophy titled '' Lekutim Yekarim''. Biography Aryeh Leib was born in Balta, now in ...

(1845–1928), Rabbi * Sholom Secunda (1894–1974), songwriter *

Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (May 5, 1899 – June 9, 1947) was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization. Early ...

(1899–1947), mobster * Irwin Steingut (1893–1952), politician, New York State Assemblyman from 1922 to 1952, Speaker of the Assembly in 1935 *

Dave Tarras Dave Tarras (c. 1895 – February 13, 1989) was a Ukrainian-born American klezmer clarinetist and bandleader, a celebrated klezmer musician, instrumental in Klezmer revival. Biography Early life Tarras was born David Tarasiuk in Teplyk, Ukrai ...

(–1989), musician * Abraham Telvi (1934–1956), mobster *

Peter Weinberger Peter Jay Weinberger (born August 6, 1942) is a computer scientist best known for his early work at Bell Labs. He now works at Google. Weinberger was an undergraduate at Swarthmore College, graduating in 1964. He received his PhD in mathema ...

(1956-1956), murder victim

New Montefiore

In 1928, Montefiore Cemetery expanded to a second site in Farmingdale, New York, named

New Montefiore Cemetery 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 Pine ...

References

External links

Montefiore Cemeteries Official Website
* {{authority control Cambria Heights, Queens Cemeteries in Queens, New York Jewish cemeteries in New York City Laurelton, Queens Menachem Mendel Schneerson Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn Jews and Judaism in Queens, New York 1908 establishments in New York City