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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beth Olam Cemetery canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5405785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beth Olam Cemetery Context triple: [Benjamin N. Cardozo, burialPlace, Beth Olam Cemetery]
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A.
Trumpeldor Cemetery
Trumpeldor Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in central Tel Aviv, Israel, known as the resting place of many prominent Zionist leaders, writers, and cultural figures.
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B.
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mount Hebron Cemetery is a large Jewish burial ground in Flushing, Queens, New York City, known as the final resting place of many notable figures in entertainment, politics, and religious life.
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C.
Emanu-El Cemetery
Emanu-El Cemetery is a Jewish burial ground in Dallas, Texas, known among other things as the resting place of Abraham Zapruder, who filmed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Remuh Cemetery
Remuh Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Kraków’s Kazimierz district, closely associated with the adjacent Remuh Synagogue and the city’s pre-war Jewish community.
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E.
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for its numerous sections founded by different congregations and societies serving Chicago’s Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Beth Olam Cemetery Target entity description: 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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A.
Trumpeldor Cemetery
Trumpeldor Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in central Tel Aviv, Israel, known as the resting place of many prominent Zionist leaders, writers, and cultural figures.
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B.
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Mount Hebron Cemetery is a large Jewish burial ground in Flushing, Queens, New York City, known as the final resting place of many notable figures in entertainment, politics, and religious life.
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C.
Emanu-El Cemetery
Emanu-El Cemetery is a Jewish burial ground in Dallas, Texas, known among other things as the resting place of Abraham Zapruder, who filmed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Remuh Cemetery
Remuh Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Kraków’s Kazimierz district, closely associated with the adjacent Remuh Synagogue and the city’s pre-war Jewish community.
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E.
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for its numerous sections founded by different congregations and societies serving Chicago’s Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
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historic site ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cypress Hills Cemetery
NERFINISHED
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Mount Carmel Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem Fields Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| established | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Mausoleum architecture
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Victorian funerary art ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 40.689°N 73.888°W ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Hebrew inscriptions
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elaborate gravestones ⓘ family plots ⓘ ornate mausoleums ⓘ |
| hasGoverningBody | congregational boards of associated synagogues ⓘ |
| hasSection |
B’nai Jeshurun section
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shearith Israel section ⓘ Temple Emanu-El section ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places
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surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
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| heritageDesignationAuthority | National Park Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Kings County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBurialsInclude |
Adolph S. Ochs
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin N. Cardozo NERFINISHED ⓘ Emma Lazarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Judah P. Benjamin cenotaph ⓘ Mayer Sulzberger NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Hadas NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar S. Straus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 16000065 ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Congregation Shearith Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Emanu-El of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cypress Hills cemeteries complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| significance |
important burial ground for prominent American Jews
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reflects history of Jewish community in New York City ⓘ |
| usedFor | Jewish burials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beth Olam Cemetery Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Benjamin N. Cardozo