Riverside Cemetery is a plot-holder owned Jewish cemetery with over 65,000 burials located in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, located 9 miles (14 km) west of the George Washington Bridge. The cemetery maintains over 25,000 individual plantings on graves throughout the property.
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| Established | 1906 |
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| Country |  United States |
| Coordinates | 40°53′35″N 74°04′54″W / 40.8930047°N 74.0817317°W[1] |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Lakewood Cemetery Association |
| No. of graves | >65,000 |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Riverside Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Riverside Cemetery |
Prior to becoming a cemetery, the land was the property of Richard Romaine. Bergen County Historical Society maps indicate a main house of early Italianate design (current office), a grist mill and a saw mill on the property (the mills were removed prior to establishment of the cemetery).
Notable burials
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- Meyer Berger (1898–1959) Journalist[2]
- Abraham Jacob Bogdanove (1886–1946) Painter, educator
- Moshe Cotel (1943–2008) Composer
- Ervin Drake (1919–2015) Songwriter
- Stanley Milgram (1933–1984) Scientist
- Beatrice Pons (1906–1991) Actress
- Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988) Nobel Prize in Physics Recipient
- Benjamin J. Rabin (1896–1969) U.S. Congressman
- Phil Rubenstein (1940–1992) Actor
- Mayer Cavalier (1936-2022) Painter
References
edit- ^ "Riverside Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. #974. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.