Salem Fields Cemetery

Salem Fields Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 775 Jamaica Avenue in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, within the Cemetery Belt. It was founded in 1852 by Congregation Emanu-El of New York.

Salem Fields is the final resting place for many of the prominent German-Jewish families of New York City. Among those laid to rest in the cemetery are members of the Fox family, founders of 20th Century Fox Film Corp.; the Guggenheim family, who were involved in mining, newspapers, and Guggenheim museums; the Lewisohn family, who were involved in mining, banking, and philanthropy; and the Shubert family, which led a large theatrical empire.

Architectural historian Fredric Bedoire, Professor at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Stockholm, compared the "beautiful" Salem Fields to the architecturally notable mausoleums and undulating landscape of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Architect Henry Beaumont Herts designed the Guggenheim family mausoleum, modeled after the Tower of the Winds at Athens. The entrance of Salem Fields was designed by Henry Fernbach, the architect of Central Synagogue.

Salem Fields is part of a larger complex of cemeteries spanning into the borough of Queens, including likewise Jewish Machpelah Cemetery, where Harry Houdini is buried; Union Field Cemetery; Mount Judah Cemetery, where several prominent Rabbis lie; Mount Carmel Cemetery; and the non-denominational Cypress Hills Cemetery and Cemetery of the Evergreens.

Notable burials

Raphael Benjamin (1846–1906), British-born Australian and American rabbi
Leo C. Dessar (1847–1924), lawyer, politician, and judge
Abram J. Dittenhoefer (1836–1919), lawyer and judge
Simon M. Ehrlich (1852–1895), lawyer and judge
William Fox (producer) (1879–1952), founder of the Fox Film Corporation

Marcus Goldman (1821–1904), investment banker
Richard James Horatio Gottheil (1862–1936), founder of Zeta Beta Tau
Joseph B. Greenhut (1843–1918), merchant
Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890–1971), newspaper magnate
Meyer Guggenheim (1820–1905), mining industrialist
Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861–1949), mining industrialist, philanthropist, art patron
Louis H. Hahlo (1865–1932), lawyer, member of the New York State Assembly
Ephraim Arnold Jacob (1845–1905), lawyer and judge
George E. Jonas (1897–1978), businessman and philanthropist who founded Camp Rising Sun.
Edgar J. Lauer (1871–1948), lawyer and judge
David Leventritt (1845–1926), lawyer and judge
Leo N. Levi (1856–1904), lawyer and communal worker
Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), mining magnate, banker, art collector, philanthropist; younger brother of Leonard Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), mining magnate, banker, philanthropist; older brother of Adolph Lewisohn
Bob Marshall (1901–1939), wilderness activist, forester, author
Louis B. Marshall (1856–1929), constitutional lawyer, conservationist, Jewish leader, father of Bob Marshall
Lipman Emanuel Pike (1845–1893), first Jewish player in Major League Baseball
Adolph Moses Radin (1848–1909), rabbi
Simon F. Rothschild (1861–1936), businessman
Adolph L. Sanger (1842–1894), lawyer, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen
Dorothy Schiff (1903–1989), owner and publisher, New York Post
Joseph Seligman (1819–1880), banker, businessman
Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker, businessman
Edgar Selwyn (1875–1944), playwright, theatrical director and producer
Henry L. Sherman (1870–1938), lawyer and judge
Jacob J. Shubert (1879–1963), theater owner and operator, director, producer
Lee Shubert (1871–1953), theater owner and operator, producer
Samuel S. Shubert (1878–1905), playwright, theater owner and operator, producer
Isaac Siegel (1880–1947), U.S. Congressman from New York
Bernard Silverman (1838–1898), member of the New York State Assembly
Alfred Steckler (1856–1929), lawyer and judge
Sol M. Stroock (1873–1941), lawyer
Julius Tishman (1864–1935), founder of Tishman Realty & Construction
Felix M. Warburg (1871–1937), financier, philanthropist
Albert Warner (1884–1967), co-founder of Warner Bros.