Cemetery Stones8- Lechovicher Gravestones at Beth David Cemetery NYC

Matsevot, Cemetery Inscriptions
for those "from" Lyakhovichi
Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery
Photography by Tina Levine
Table and Database creation by Deborah Glassman, copyright 2008.
by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2008

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The Cemetery Stone Project now encompasses around two dozen pages. Please go to Cemetery Stones, page 1 to find out what is included in these pages, to find the links to all of the pages we have created documenting Lechovicher burials, and to learn about the key role of Tina Levine in creating this tremendous collection of data for Lyakhovichi researchers. She photographed every stone in every NYC plot related to Lyakhovichi and Baranovichi, over 1200 photographs including the ones on this page.

Cemetery Stones, page 1 also describes some of our new discoveries that allow us to determine key facts about the deceased even when their stone is damaged, eroded, or missing. Please check the introductary article on that page to learn what the symbols and shapes of the monuments may tell you as well as details we can learn from the Hebrew names on the markers. The database of stones that the webmaster created, based on the images created by Tina Levine, is what you are using as you examine the listings created for Washington Cemetery in New York City, below.

There is an alphabetical burial register for this cemetery at
Burial Register of Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery . That list includes the data as is offered in the cemetery company records including the burial date and variations in surname or given name.

The graves below are organized temporarily in alphabetical order, as the rows as given do not inform as to the order in which buried or who is buried next to whom. Double stones and family members that are in a single plot will be listed together where that can be determined. In the next update we hope to have the jigsaw puzzle solved and be able to tell you who is on what row and whose stone is missing, etc. To aid that process we will also tell you which grave appears next if it can be determined by the photo. The alphabetical list below is derived from that of the burial registers. Our register compilation was done around 8 years ago and does not include burials since that date. We have added those that we have identified in the photos. They may appear out of order at the bottom of the table. The burial register also includes plots for which no cemetery stone currently exists and we have listed all of those that we can determine.

All of the graves in the Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz plot at Beth David Cemetery appear on:

Cemetery Stones, p8: Beth David Cemetery -Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz (A-LEVY) You are Here!
Cemetery Stones, p9: Beth David Cemetery -Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz (LEW- ZIRIN)
Cemetery Stones, p10: Beth David Cemetery - Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz Burial Register and Gates The alphabetical burial register, the cemetery gates, and the Holocaust Memorial
A Complete List of all pages in the Cemetery Stone Project appears at Cemetery Stones, p1

This database's pages are divided by by organization, by cemetery, and by the row divisions of that particular set of plots. This page has only listings for Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery whose photos are currently arranged alphabetically and begins at the Surname Angel and continues to Levy.

Facts to Keep in Mind for all of the Lechovicher burials

If your ancestor is buried in a Lechovicher plot:
Does that mean they were definitely from Lyakhovichi?
No, it could mean that they were married to a Lechovicher or that a child-in-law was a Lechovicher. Some of the graves used in more recent years could have been donated to someone who had a pressing need, or sold when the original lot holder was buried elsewhere.

If your ancestor is not buried in a Lechovicher plot:
Does that mean they were not from Lyakhovichi?
No, there are many reasons someone would not be buried in a plot owned by one of the known landsmanschaften. They could have had plots from a spouse's society. They could have enjoyed the company of one group more than another. They could have associated with a non-origin specific group that offered burial plots, they could have lived and died in a city where no such organization existed, they could have died while resident elsewhere. Even when buried amidst a group of landsmen such affiliation might not be immediately obvious if the group to which they belonged identified itself as Minsker, Russian, or some larger group to which Lechovichers also belonged. Tina Levine, our indefatigable volunteer, has found the burials for the NYC siblings of her Lechovicher great-grandfather, buried in the plots of a Nesvizher society, a Stavisker society, a labor union, as well as in the Lechovicher plot at Mt Judah cemetery. The Workman's Circle offered plots to the Lechovicher branch in Paramus NJ, and two Lyakhovichi Hasidic congregations had plots that might have attracted a branch of your family.

In the Table below for Beth David Cemetery

Beth David- NYC the graves of Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz: beginning in ___
Name, Photo, Plot #	Hebrew Name with Father's Name	Date Heb Date	Comments English+ Hebrew	Art	xxx	Name, Photo, Plot #	Hebrew Name with Father's Name	Date Heb Date	Comments English+ Hebrew	Art
ANGEL, Herman BDcem R: D L:3 #3A	Khaim b Gershon	9/7/1969	Faher, grandfather 6/9/1888-9/7/1969	doublestone description coming	xxx	GOLD, Jack	Yisrael Moshe b David
ANGEL, Rebecca BDcem R: D L:4 #4A	Rifka b Avraham	2/6/1970	mother grandmother 5/10/1890-2/6/1970	doublestone description coming	xxx	GOLD, Annette	Khana Liza b Shalom
AUKBURG, Frieda BDcem R: K L:3 #3A	Photo not found	09-Feb-2000 (from burial reg)			xxx	GOLDBERG, Harry	Zvi Hersh b Yehuda	12/24/1961	husband, father, 84
BECKER, Lipe BDcemR: J L:7R #14 (in register as Lipi Becker) loc - left of Joseph Brody	Lipe b Moshe Nahum	2/29/1948	74 yrs father	coming	xxx	GOLDBERG, Hyman	Khaim b Leib	2/17/1940	brother, 59 years
BECKER, Sarah BDcem R: D L:6#6A loc - left of Mary Wenger	Sarah Rifka b David Leib;	07-Nov-1956	mother, grandmother 75 years?	coming	xxx	GOTTESMAN, Fannie Fay	Feiga b Khaim (also seems to say mother is Batsheva)		daughter, wife, sister, aunt, cousin 1903?- 1980
BECKER, Hyman BDcem R: E L:6R #24 loc - right o Harry Woloch?	Yeremeel b Zvi	8/27/1959	uncle, grandfather	coming	xxx	GOTLIEB, Myrna Helene	Masha Hona [sic] b Benyamin Aryeh	10/31/1993	11/4/1940-10/31/1993, mthr, dtr
BEILIS, Wolf BDcemR: L L:14 #	Zev b Khaim Yosef	4/11/1985	husband, father, grandfather, 87 years	doublestone coming	xxx	GROSS, Szulim Holocaust marker -Gross family	Sholom son of Shmuel and of Ita Dvora
BEILIS, Rachel BDcemR: L L:15 # (register says Rachel, stone says Sara Rachel in Eng) next to interior path	Sara Ruchel b Yisrael Yehuda	3/31/1978	wife, mother, grandmother, 81 years	doublestone coming	xxx	GROSS, Dora	Dvora dtr of David and of Feiga
BEIRACH, Dora BDcem R:e L:8r #22 left of Harry Beirach	Dvasha b Iser	1/4/1972	mother, grandmother, 84 years	coming	xxx	GROSSIN, Rachel BDcem R: j L:6 # photo not found		13-Jun-1938 from bur reg		coming
BEIRACH, Harry BDcem R: e L:7r #23 right of Dora Beirach	Aharon b Yisrael haKohen	3/4/1960	husband, father, grandfather, 70 years	coming	xxx	HALPERT, Marilyn	Malka b Avraham	4/10/1988	10/11/1948-4/10/1988, mthr, dtr, sister	coming
BERGER, Jack BDcem R: h L:9r #21	Yakov b Yisrael David haLevi	6/9/1973	father, 85 years	coming	xxx	HERSHENHORN, Benjamin	Barukh b Kiva haLevi	8/8/1999		coming
BLASSER, baby boy BDcem R: a L:#2 not found	date in burial reg 04-Jun-1954				xxx	HOCHMAN, Adell	Alta Khaya b David	3/8/2003		coming
BLOOM, Ida BDcem R: g L:3r #27	no Hebrew	9/10/1988	sister, aunt 12/20/1902-9/10/1988	coming	xxx	HOCHMAN, Aaron	Aharon b Yakov	7/5/1990		coming
BOCKLAN Heddy (on stone Heddy Rado Bocklan) BDcem R: e L:10r #20 row in front of Fannie Kuntz	no Hebrew	9/11/1974	wife, mother, 8/16/1919-9/11/1974	coming	xxx	HOLZMAN, Sheine (stone says Sheine in Eng; bur reg says Gitel; in Heb Sheine Gitel)	Sheina Gitel b Sholom Leizer	9/8/1949	mother, 90 years	coming
BOCKLAN, David Levy BDcem R: m L:1r #23	David b Henoch Alter	3/9/1983	59 years	coming	xxx	INOFSKY, Nathan - this is a burial reg typo for Snofsky! See Snofsky in this listing photo not found BDcem R: j L:3r #18	10/17/1937 reg			coming
BRODY, Joseph BDcem R: j L:6r #15	no Hebrew	8/16/1937;	Mar 12, 1877-Aug 16, 1937	shaped like a music stand with a book of music on top; formulary "peaceful harmony is now his"	xxx	JOSEPH, Frances	Feigel b Velvel			coming
BRODY, Rose BDcem R: j L:7 # left of Celia Kuntz	Reikhel b Asher	6/30/1938	wife, mother	coming	xxx	KAMENSCHEIN , Abraham photo not found BDcem R: f L:3r #27		4/17/1988 - burial reg		coming
BRODY, Solomon BDcem R: i L:7 #	Shlomo Yosef b Yitzhak	11/18/1944	father, 80	coming	xxx	KANETOFSKY, Lena	Leah b Yakov Noakh	9/13/1953	mother, gmthr, 83	coming
BUDOW, Goldie	Golda b Yehuda Nahum haLevi	6/5/1997		coming	xxx	KANTOR (in reg as KANTROWITZ), Abraham	Avraham b David	11/9/1965	husb, fthr, gfthr, 79	coming
Budow, Samuel	Shmuel b Mordechai			coming	xxx	KANTOR (in reg as KANTROWITZ), Rose	Rasha b Dov Ber	4/19/1970	wife, mthr, gmthr, 84	coming
CHAVKIN, Harry BDcem R: i L:2a #	Aharon b Yerukham	25-Jun-1964 from bur reg	1894-1964, husband, father	coming	xxx	KANTROWITZ, Fannie	Frieda b Pesakh	10/12/1944	73? yrs	coming
CHAVKIN, Mary BDcem R: i L:3 #3a	Miriam b Yitzhak	29-Sep-1998 from bur reg	1902-1998, wife, mother	coming	xxx	KANTROWITZ, Ida	Minka Hoda b Avraham	4/7/1974		coming
COHEN Harry detail	Aharon b Rafael			coming	xxx	KAPLAN, Aaron	Aharon b Mordekhai haKohen	1/8/1959	husb, fthr, 79 yrs	coming
COHEN Sarah detail	Sarah b Mordechai			coming	xxx	KAPLAN, Sophie	Shifra b Khaim haLevi	6/25/1979		coming
COHEN, Mary left of Herman Savage	Miriam b Yehiel	Dec ? 1956	9/25/1890-12/?/1956, beloved sister, left of Herman Savage	coming	xxx	KAPLAN, Ada	No Hebrew	5/18/2005	sister, aunt, great-aunt 3/15/1908-5/18/2005	coming
COHEN, Sam BDcem R: m L:9 #	Shlomo Dov b Hersh			coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Birdie	Baila b Shmuel	11/9/1994		coming
COHEN, Fanny	Fruma Riva b Meir Yehuda			coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Michael	Meir b Yehuda	JUly 1967		coming
COHEN, Sol	Shlomo b Khaim haKohen	12/17/1990		coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Celia	Tzvia b Yehuda	8/1/1946	daughter, sister	coming
COHEN, Fay	Feiga b Moshe haKohen	1/11/2005		coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Esther (stone says Esther reg says Estelle)	Esther b Yekutiel Kuntz of Lechowitz last name not clear if hers or her fathers	3/12/1938	mother, 71 years	coming
COHEN, Rae	Rifka b Khaim Leib haKohen	11/30/1940	24 years, sister	coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Fannie	Khaya Feiga b Shlomo	3/22/1946	wife, mother	coming
DIAMOND, Paul	Pinchas b Aizik	May 1971		coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Julius	Yehuda b Shlomo Zvi	2/2/1955	father, 79 years	coming
DIAMOND, Lillian	Liba Khaya b Yitzhak Khaim	8/6/1997		coming	xxx	KUNTZ, Sidney	Shimon b Yehuda	5/21/1981	brother-in-law	coming
DORFMAN, Murray	Khaim Meir b Barukh			coming	xxx	LANDAU, Morris	Moshe Yitzhak b Yosef	12/6/1949	husband, 78 yrs	coming
DORFMAN, Ida	Hina b Mordekhai			coming	xxx	LAPAYOWER, Rose photo not found BDcem R: h L:7 #		18-Sep-1978 - burial reg		coming
ELGOWSKY, Fannie	Feiga b Shraga Feivel			coming	xxx	LASHOWER, Howard Jay (in reg as Dashower)	Henokh Yudel b Yitzhak David	4/5/1987	son, father, 10/14/1948-4/5/1987	coming
ELGOWSKY, Hyman	Khaim b Reuven Zelig			coming	xxx	LEHV, Sol (Saul)	Saul b Berel	12/15/1973	husb, fthr, gfthr, 78	coming
ENDEN, Leon	Leib b Yakov			coming	xxx	LEHV, Jean	Sheindel b Natan	11/10/1977	wife, mthr, gmthr,80	coming
ENDEN, Ann	Khana b Mordekhai			coming	xxx	LEVINE, Sarah photo not found		23-Aug-1944 burial reg		coming
EPSTEIN, Ethel	Etel b Yosef	1/16/1942		coming	xxx	LEVY FAMILY PLOT				coming
FALEVICH, Louis	Aryeh Leib b Benyamin	8/15/1955		coming	xxx	LEVY, Henriette (in Levy family plot)	Ita Shifra b Tobiah	11/27/1968	wife, mthr, 78	coming
FALEVICH, Eva in register as FALINTOL	Khava Daikha b Mordekhai	7/9/1945		coming	xxx	LEVY, Lillian (in family plot)	no Hebrew	2/3/1985	aunt	coming
FAY, Michael (stone also says Volochviansky in Heb char)	Mikhael b Mordekhai Yakov Volokhvianski			coming	xxx	LEVY, Samuel Harris	appears to be Saul Zvi b Yosef Dov			coming
FAY, Bertha	Baila b Mordekhai haLevi			coming	xxx	LEVY, Samuel B. obscured	Shimshon Berel b Zev [Yitzhak?]		doublestone with Anne	coming
FEINBERG, Yetta	Ita b Rafael Yitzhak	8/4/1975		coming	xxx	LEVY, Anne			doublestone with Samuel B. Levy	coming
FEINSTEIN, Betty				coming	xxx	LEVY, Minnie	Sara Mina b Shlomo	2/28/1952		coming
GELFIN, Rose BDcem R: d L:5 # photo not found		22-Dec-1943 (burial reg)		coming	xxx	LEVY, William (in reg as Wolf)	Zev b Yeshaiya	11/15/1943		coming
GERSONOWITZ, Isidor	Yitzhak b Eliezer	7/12/1934	75 years, father	coming	xxx	LEVY, Edith	no Hebrew visible			coming
GERTZOFF, Jeannette right of Howard jay Lashower by photo	no Hebrew	2/27/1985	wife, aunt, sister1/2/1914-2/27/1985	double stone, half blank July 2008	xxx	LEVY, Rose in photo to left of Rose Yellin Gudes	Reizel b Shlomo	6/28/1943	sister, 2/8/1891-6/28/1943	coming
GLAZER, Olga S.	Alta Sara Zlata b Nata Peisakh			coming	xxx	LEVY, Ida	Khaya Feiga b Avraham Zev haLevi	5/18/1947	sister, aunt	coming
GLAZER, Meyer D.	Meyer David b Mikhael Yitzhak			coming	xxx	LEVY, Louis	Leizer b Yosef haLevi	7/23/1941	brother, 43	coming
GODINER, Nechama (register says Godiner and Gardiner)	Nekhama Malka b Naftali	10/28/1936	mother	coming	xxx	LEVY, Henry J	Henokh Yosef b Shlomo haLevi	5/28/1981		coming
					xxx	LEVY, Caroline	Rifka b Avraham	4/4/1963		coming
Late Burials not in Register
BEILIS, Rachel 2006 burial	Ruchel dtr of Simha and Etel	7/6/2007	wife, mother, grandmother 9/10/1940-7/6/2007	doublestone coming	xxx	BEILIS, Herbert Jerome 2006 burial	Khaim Yehuda son of Volf and Sara	9/28/2006	husband, father, grandfather 2/17/1927-9/28/2006	doublestone coming

Creating a resource for collaborative research
on the history of the Jewish community
in what is today Lyakhovichi, Belarus

Shtetl Links: Lyakhovichi

NAVIGATION TOOLS

Matsevot, Cemetery Inscriptions
for those "from" Lyakhovichi
Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery
Photography by Tina Levine
Table and Database creation by Deborah Glassman, copyright 2008.
by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2008

Facts to Keep in Mind for all of the Lechovicher burials

Creating a resource for collaborative research on the history of the Jewish community in what is today Lyakhovichi, Belarus

Shtetl Links: Lyakhovichi

NAVIGATION TOOLS

Matsevot, Cemetery Inscriptions for those "from" Lyakhovichi Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery Photography by Tina Levine Table and Database creation by Deborah Glassman, copyright 2008. by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2008

Facts to Keep in Mind for all of the Lechovicher burials

Creating a resource for collaborative research
on the history of the Jewish community
in what is today Lyakhovichi, Belarus

Matsevot, Cemetery Inscriptions
for those "from" Lyakhovichi
Bnai Isaac Anshe Lechowitz at Beth David Cemetery
Photography by Tina Levine
Table and Database creation by Deborah Glassman, copyright 2008.
by Deborah G. Glassman, copyright 2008