Beth Olam Cemetery

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Beth Olam Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Brooklyn, New York, known for being the final resting place of several prominent American Jewish figures.

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Beth Olam Cemetery canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery
historic site
adjacentTo Cypress Hills Cemetery
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Salem Fields Cemetery
country United States of America
established 19th century
hasArchitecturalStyle Mausoleum architecture
Victorian funerary art
hasCoordinateLocation 40.689°N 73.888°W
hasFeature Hebrew inscriptions
elaborate gravestones
family plots
ornate mausoleums
hasGoverningBody congregational boards of associated synagogues
hasSection B’nai Jeshurun section
Shearith Israel section
Temple Emanu-El section
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationAuthority National Park Service
locatedIn Brooklyn
Kings County, New York
linked to: Kings County

New York City
New York State
notableBurialsInclude Adolph S. Ochs
linked to: Adolph Ochs

Benjamin N. Cardozo
Emma Lazarus
Judah P. Benjamin cenotaph
Mayer Sulzberger
Moses Hadas
Oscar S. Straus
NRHPListingDate 2016
NRHPReferenceNumber 16000065
NRHPType historic district
ownedBy Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
Congregation Shearith Israel
Temple Emanu-El of New York
partOf Cypress Hills cemeteries complex
religion Judaism
significance important burial ground for prominent American Jews
reflects history of Jewish community in New York City
usedFor Jewish burials

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Benjamin N. Cardozo burialPlace Beth Olam Cemetery
subject linked to: Cardozo
New York City Jewish cemeteries hasPart Beth Olam Cemetery