Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)
Coordinates: 40°44′03″N 73°49′50″W / 40.73417°N 73.83056°W / 40.73417; -73.83056
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| Year established | 1909 |
| Location | Flushing, New York |
| Country | USA |
| Type | Jewish |
| Website | Mount Hebron Cemetery |
Mount Hebron is a Jewish cemetery located in the Flushing neighborhood of New York City. It was founded in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery. It is noted for its Yiddish theater section.
There is a large "Workmen's Circle" section in both Cedar Grove and Mount Hebron Cemetery. There are roughly 12,000 burials from Jewish and non-Jewish members of the Workmen's Circle.
There is also a large monument erected by immigrants and descendants of immigrants from the city of Grodno in what is today western Belarus. The monument is dedicated "In memoriam to our dear parents, brothers and sisters of the city of Grodno and environs who were brutally persecuted and slain by the Nazis during World War II." . This is one of several such monuments in the cemetery.
A part of Mount Hebron Cemetery's Block 67 is reserved for people who worked in New York City's Yiddish theater industry.
Read more about Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City): Notable Burials
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