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This eye-catching sign for the William J. Burns International Detective Agency reads like something out of a (Wes Anderson?) movie.

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Near the cemetery entrance

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A sink and a two-handled cup for ritual hand washing at Mount Hebron Cemetery

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Trash can in the afternoon sun

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Tight quarters

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Hands of the priestly blessing

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The inspiration for the Vulcan salute

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at Mount Hebron Cemetery

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An interfaith family

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at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Mount Hebron Cemetery was carved out of Cedar Grove in 1909 and now occupies about 80% of the original property. There are no physical barriers between the two intermingled cemeteries; the only distinction is that Cedar Grove is non-sectarian, while Mount Hebron is Jewish.

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And my great-grandmother

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My great-grandfather

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We previously caught sight of him from outside the cemetery fence.

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but man was she pious!

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Packin’ ’em in

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They're not too big on personal space here at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

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Ira and Shirley Green

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My grandparents! (My grandma was one of the famous Lee Sisters.)

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Yiddish Theatrical Alliance

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This section of Mount Hebron Cemetery features many former stars of Yiddish theater.

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LEFRAK

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Interred here is Sam LeFrak, the prolific and bombastic builder of middle-income housing. Peeking inside the mausoleum, I spotted a collection of pamphlets for some real estate projects developed in recent years by the family company, now run by Sam's son Richard.

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STREISAND

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Sometime around 1988, Barbra Streisand built this mausoleum at Mount Hebron Cemetery as her future resting place. Her mother Diana was subsequently interred here*; her father Emanuel, who was long dead at the time of the mausoleum's construction, is buried elsewhere in the cemetery*, although there is reportedly a plan to move him here at some point. An inscription on the door reads: "Designed by Sheldon J. Streisand in memory of his beloved father, Emanuel Streisand".

* According to interment records on the cemetery's website.