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Ze'ev Jabotinsky

1880–1940 (age 60)

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Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880-1940) was an Odesa-born Revisionist Zionist leader, writer, and orator who founded the Jewish Leg...

Simon Gershon Bernstein

1884–1962 (age 78)

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Simon Gershon Bernstein was a Jēkabpils-born individual who lived from 1884 to 1962.

Frume Halpern

1880–1965 (age 85)

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Frume Halpern was an individual who lived from 1880 to 1965.

Israel Elfenbein

1891–1964 (age 73)

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Israel Elfenbein was a Buchach-born individual who lived from 1891 to 1964.

Chris Rosenberg

1950–1979 (age 29)

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Chris Rosenberg (1950-1979) was a Canarsie resident who lived 29 years.

John Roeburt

1909–1972 (age 63)

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John Roeburt (1909-1972) was a resident of Forest Hills.

Seymour R. Thaler

1919–1976 (age 57)

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Seymour R. Thaler was a New York resident who lived from 1919 to 1976.

Gershon Ephros

1890–1978 (age 88)

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Gershon Ephros (1890-1978) was a musician and composer of Jewish liturgical music.

Yakov-Simha Avidor

1905–1979 (age 74)

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Yakov-Simha Avidor (1905-1979) was a Yiddish writer and poet from Liachavičy.

Julia Likerman Szyk

1898–1974 (age 76)

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Julia Likerman Szyk (1898-1974) was the wife of renowned illustrator and political artist Arthur Szyk.

Alexa Kenin

1962–1985 (age 23)

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Alexa Kenin was an American tennis player from New York City who lived from 1962 to 1985.

Daniel G. Albert

1901–1983 (age 82)

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Daniel G. Albert was an American who lived from 1901 to 1983.

Nahum Tschacbasov

1899–1984 (age 85)

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Nahum Tschacbasov was a Russian-American artist from Baku who lived from 1899 to 1984.

Monroe Ingberman

1935–1985 (age 50)

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Monroe Ingberman was an American from Brooklyn who lived from 1935 to 1985.

Moissaye Joseph Olgin

1878–1939 (age 61)

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Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878–1939) was a Russian-born American socialist journalist and editor who chronicled immigrant...

Joseph Baer Glushak

1868–1939 (age 71)

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Joseph Baer Glushak (1868–1939) emigrated from Vitebsk and spent his life in the United States during a period of swee...

Nathaniel Buchwald

1890–1956 (age 66)

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Nathaniel Buchwald (1890–1956) was a Jewish-American writer, translator, and labor activist known for his Yiddish cult...

Itzack Cassuto

1896–1996 (age 100)

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Itzack Cassuto (1896–1996) from Thessaloniki is interred at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Mae Questel

1908–1998 (age 90)

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Mae Questel (1908–1998) was a Bronx-born actress and voice artist best known for portraying Betty Boop and Olive Oyl b...

Morton Gould

1913–1996 (age 83)

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Morton Gould (1913–1996), a Richmond Hill-born composer, conductor, and pianist, helped shape American concert music a...

Benny Bell

1906–1999 (age 93)

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Benny Bell (1906–1999) was a novelty singer-songwriter whose witty recordings delighted audiences before he was laid t...

Herb Abrams

1955–1996 (age 41)

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Herb Abrams (1955–1996) was a Queens-based professional wrestling promoter best known for founding the Universal Wrest...

Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht

1931–1991 (age 60)

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Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht (1931–1991) was a New York-born writer and editor remembered by her burial at New Montefior...

Michael R. Wittenstein

1967–2001 (age 34)

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Michael R. Wittenstein (1967–2001) was a Brooklyn native remembered by his burial at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Abraham Beame

1906–2001 (age 95)

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Abraham Beame (1906–2001) was a British-born accountant who served as mayor of New York City during the 1970s fiscal c...

Adrian Kantrowitz

1918–2008 (age 90)

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Adrian Kantrowitz (1918–2008) was a pioneering American cardiothoracic surgeon who performed one of the earliest heart...

Al Seiden

1937–2008 (age 71)

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Al Seiden (1937–2008) was an All-American college basketball guard at St. John's University before pursuing a life bey...

Joe Edwards

1921–2007 (age 86)

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Joe Edwards (1921–2007) was a Manhattan native whose burial at New Montefiore Cemetery ties him to the New York Jewish...

Lillian Chestney

1913–2000 (age 87)

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Lillian Chestney (1913–2000) was a New York resident whose life concluded with burial at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Julia Hyman

1998–2025 (age 27)

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Julia Hyman (1998–2025) of Manhattan is laid to rest in New Montefiore Cemetery.

Tommy Ramone

1949–2014 (age 65)

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Tommy Ramone (1949–2014) was the Budapest-born drummer and producer for the Ramones, buried at New Montefiore Cemetery...

Elizabeth Wurtzel

1967–2020 (age 53)

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Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967–2020) was the New York City writer best known for _Prozac Nation_ and is buried at New Montefi...

Ossie Schectman

1919–2013 (age 94)

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Ossie Schectman (1919–2013), who scored the first basket in BAA/NBA history, is buried at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Irwin Smigel

1924–2016 (age 92)

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Irwin Smigel (1924–2016) was a Manhattan-based dentist known as the father of aesthetic dentistry and is buried at New...

Marty Ingels

1936–2015 (age 79)

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Marty Ingels (1936–2015) was a Brooklyn-born actor and comedian whose grave is in New Montefiore Cemetery.

Alvin Achenbaum

1925–2016 (age 91)

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Alvin Achenbaum (1925–2016) was a Bronx advertising executive and branding consultant buried at New Montefiore Cemeter...

Paul Shelden

1941–2020 (age 79)

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Paul Shelden (1941–2020) was a Brooklyn resident remembered at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Abraham Jacob Zeldin

1918–2012 (age 94)

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Abraham Jacob Zeldin (1918–2012) is remembered at New Montefiore Cemetery.

Zecharia Sitchin

1920–2010 (age 90)

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