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]

Beth David Cemetery
Details
Established	1917 (108 years ago) (1917)
Location	Elmont, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40.6992°N 73.7062°W / 40.6992; -73.7062
Type	Jewish
Find a Grave	Beth David Cemetery

Notable interments

• Iris Apfel (1921–2024), fashion designer^[3]
• Sam Ash (1897–1956), violinist and founder of Sam Ash Music

• 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]
• Ed Chalpin (1935–2019 ), record executive and producer
• Barbara Craddock (1940–2005), dancer and choreographer
• Happy Foreman (1899–1953), baseball player
• Noah Greenberg (1919–1966), conductor
• Benjamin Heller (c. 1905-1974), English-American lawyer and politician
• 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
• 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
• Lewis Rome (1933–2015), attorney and politician
• Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), Orthodox rabbi
• Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923–1983), politician
• Frank Russek (1875/1876-1948), businessman
• 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]