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Baron Hirsch Cemetery, the Glossary

Baron Hirsch Cemetery is a large Jewish cemetery in the neighborhood of Graniteville, on Staten Island, in New York City, and named for Baron Maurice de Hirsch.^[1]

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Belarusian-Jewish culture in New York City
Cemeteries in Staten Island
Jewish cemeteries in New York City
Jews and Judaism in Staten Island
Polish-Jewish culture in New York City
Ukrainian-Jewish culture in New York City

Advance Publications

Advance Publications, Inc. is a privately held American media company owned by the families of Donald Newhouse and Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., the sons of company founder Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. It owns publishing-relating companies including American City Business Journals, MLive Media Group, and Condé Nast, and is a major shareholder in Charter Communications (13% ownership), Reddit (42 million shares), and Warner Bros.

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Mission and Purpose The Community Alliance for Jewish-Affiliated Cemeteries (CAJAC) represents a centralized model of cemetery management, utilizing economies of scale and utilizing common standards - and best practices - to ensure permanent preservation of sacred burial grounds.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Elliot Willensky

Elliot A. Willensky (August 6, 1943 – March 29, 2010) was an American composer, lyricist and music producer.

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Graniteville, Staten Island

Graniteville is the name of a neighborhood in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City.

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History of the Jews in Belarus

The history of the Jews in Belarus begins as early as the 8th century.

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History of the Jews in Poland

The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years.

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History of the Jews in Ukraine

The history of the Jews in Ukraine dates back over a thousand years; Jewish communities have existed in the modern territory of Ukraine from the time of the Kievan Rus' (late 9th to mid-13th century).

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Hlusk

Hlusk (Глуск; Glusk; Hłusk) is an urban-type settlement in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Joseph Papp

Joseph Papp (born Joseph Papirofsky; June 22, 1921 – October 31, 1991) was an American theatrical producer and director.

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Landsmanshaft

A landsmanshaft (לאַנדסמאַנשאַפט, also landsmanschaft; plural: landsmans(c)haftn or landsmans(c)hafts) is a mutual aid society, benefit society, or hometown society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.

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List of Jewish cemeteries in New York City

This is a list of Jewish cemeteries in the five boroughs of New York City.

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Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.

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Maurice de Hirsch

Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch, was a German Jewish-French financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Nadvirna

Nadvirna, also referred to as Nadwirna or Nadvorna (Надвірна, Nadwórna, נאַדוואָרנאַ, Nadvorna) is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military.

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Record producer

A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles.

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Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. (born Solomon Isadore Neuhaus; May 24, 1895 – August 29, 1979) was an American broadcasting businessman, as well as a magazine and newspaper publisher.

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Skelivka

Skelivka is a village in Lviv Oblast, Sambir Raion, Ukraine on the Strwiąż River.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York.

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Staten Island Advance

The Staten Island Advance is a daily newspaper published in Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Public Theater

The Public Theater is an arts organization in New York City.

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Theatre director

A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc.

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Theatrical producer

A theatrical producer is a person who oversees all aspects of mounting a theatre production.

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William Shemin

William Shemin (October 14, 1896 – August 15, 1973) was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in action at Vesle River, near Bazoches, France.

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Wodzisław Śląski

Wodzisław Śląski (Loslau, Vladislav, Vladislavia, Voydislav, Władźisłůw) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants (2019).

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Yeshayah Steiner

Yeshaya Steiner (ישעיה שטיינער; known as Reb Shaya'la of Kerestir (Kerestirer); ר' ישעיה'לה קערעסטירער) (1851 – 27 April 1925), was a Rebbe in the town of Bodrogkeresztúr (Kerestir) near Miskolc in Hungary.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Hirsch_Cemetery

Baron Hirsch Cemetery, the Glossary

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See also

Belarusian-Jewish culture in New York City

Cemeteries in Staten Island

Jewish cemeteries in New York City

Jews and Judaism in Staten Island

Polish-Jewish culture in New York City

Ukrainian-Jewish culture in New York City

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