Beth El Cemetery
Bessemer, Alabama
Photo by Lynn Franklin
Beth El Cemetery
Bessemer, Alabama
Photo by Lynn Franklin
You can learn more about the community of Jews in Bessemer by reading A Shtetl Grew in Bessemer by Terry Barr (Southern Jewish History, Volume 3, 2000). There is a close historical connection between this cemetery and community and the larger Jewish community in nearby Birmingham, AL.
| Beth El | Cemetery | ||||||
| Hueytown | |||||||
| 19th Street | at 26th Avenue | ||||||
| Bessemer, AL | |||||||
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| Synagogue | |||||||
| Copyright © 2012 | Lynn Franklin | ||||||
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| Barr | Dave | Nov. 20, 1889 | July. 3, 1969 | . | . | . | . |
| Barr | Jennie | 1877 | 1942 | . | . | . | . |
| Barr | Lizzie Wangenheim | June. 6, 1862 | Nov. 22, 1922 | Wife of Max Barr | . | . | . |
| Barr | Martin | 1874 | 1941 | . | . | . | . |
| Barr | Mary Cotton | 1886 | 1948 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Barr | Max | 1863 | 1938 | . | . | . | . |
| Berzin | Nathan | Apr. 15, 1900 | Sept. 24, 1907 | . | . | . | . |
| Bloom | Robert | Feb. 21, 1882 | May. 17, 1952 | His love will never leave us | . | . | . |
| Bonfield | Fannie | 1859 | 1925 | . | . | . | . |
| Boshwitz | Ben | Feb. 2, 1975 | Oct. 10, 1932 | . | . | . | . |
| Boshwitz | Otelia S. | Aug. 30, 1845 | June. 4, 1933 | Mother | . | . | . |
| Cherner | Bennett Lee | Nov. 5, 1936 | Aug. 27, 1972 | Now cracks a noble heart | Good night sweet prince | Hebrew | . |
| Cherner | Hirsch | 1879 | 1944 | Beloved Father | . | Hebrew | . |
| Cherner | Rebecca | 1881 | 1917 | Beloved Mother | . | Hebrew | . |
| Damsker | Helen R. | Dec. 1, 1896 | Mar. 12, 1982 | . | . | . | . |
| Damsker | Louis | Oct. 25, 1889 | Jan. 27, 1983 | World War I | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Estelle Horwitz | Oct. 6, 1865 | Nov. 18, 1910 | . | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Ethel | Feb. 6, 1876 | Jan. 4, 1939 | . | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Infant Son | . | June. 9, 1905 | Infant Son of Rose & Philip Erlick | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Nathan | May. 16, 1902 | Mar. 30, 1934 | . | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Philip L. | 1877 | 1929 | . | . | . | . |
| Erlick | Samuel | Aug. 5, 1866 | May. 6, 1953 | . | . | . | . |
| Forst | Anna L. | Feb. 22, 1869 | Mar. 10, 1955 | . | . | . | . |
| Forst | Louis | July. 27, 1870 | Sept. 25, 1927 | . | . | . | . |
| Forst | Matilda | July. 12, 1846 | Oct. 4, 1913 | Wife of A. Forst. | . | . | . |
| Furst | Fannie Cherner | Apr. 21, 1908 | Jan. 3, 1991 | . | . | . | . |
| Gans | Herman | 1869 | 1943 | . | . | . | . |
| Goldberg | Herman | Apr. 18, 1863 | Feb. 3, 1921 | . | . | . | . |
| Goldberg | Ray. B. | Oct. 6, 1867 | Dec. 31, 1962 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Arthur | Jan. 28, 1895 | Dec. 1, 1946 | Alabama 2 Lieut Field Artillery | World War I | . | . |
| Green | Beatrice Katz | Aug. 27, 1901 | Nov. 26, 1990 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Henry | Nov. 1896 | June. 1960 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Jacob | Apr. 15, 1871 | July. 11, 1919 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Jacob David | Aug. 29, 1921 | May. 17, 1923 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Marion | Nov. 21, 1902 | Mar. 11, 1905 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Mary R. | Apr. 20, 1887 | Sept. 21, 1960 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Morris W. | Aug. 20, 1884 | Feb. 13, 1969 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Nathan | Dec. 15, 1893 | Mar. 27, 1964 | . | . | . | . |
| Green | Rosa | Apr. 1870 | June. 1953 | . | . | . | . |
| Hunter | Sallye B. | Mar. 24, 1878 | Dec. 29, 1969 | Daughter | . | . | . |
| Jospin | David | July. 1889 | Oct. 7, 1973 | . | . | . | . |
| Jospin | Rachel S. | Oct. 14, 1898 | Apr. 13, 1974 | . | . | . | . |
| Kartus | Esther | Jan. 8, 1896 | July. 11, 1989 | . | . | . | . |
| Kartus | Harry | Dec. 3, 1895 | June. 10, 1966 | . | . | . | . |
| Katz | Anna | 1875 | 1956 | Beloved Mother | . | . | . |
| Kirk | Yetta Barr | June. 30, 1897 | Apr. 27, 1949 | One worthy of remembrance | . | . | . |
| Landau | Sybil Green | Dec. 27, 1914 | June. 8, 2005 | . | . | . | . |
| Landau | William Irving | Nov. 25, 1909 | June. 21, 1977 | US Army | . | . | . |
| Lazarus | David | Feb. 3, 1826 | Apr. 21, 1912 | . | . | . | . |
| Lazarus | Hannah | Oct. 26, 1827 | Apr. 12, 1904 | Wife of David Lazarus | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Dottie Friedberger | 1879 | 1941 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Flora B. | Apr. 19, 1870 | Nov. 5, 1932 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Ida K. | Apr. 5, 1892 | Oct. 23, 1981 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | John Alan | June. 3, 1925 | Sept. 13, 1961 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Max | 1872 | 1959 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Norman L. | Sept. 27, 1891 | June. 1, 1966 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Norman L. | Sept. 13, 1909 | Nov. 6, 1996 | Tec 5 US Army | World War II | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Rebecca Krentzman | Mar. 26, 1894 | Sept. 4, 1961 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | Samuel | Sept. 14, 1861 | Oct. 17, 1948 | . | . | . | . |
| Lefkovits | William | Feb. 28, 1884 | July. 13, 1960 | . | . | . | . |
| Lesser | Harriette Barr | Sept. 7, 1916 | Nov. 22, 1922 | Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. M. G. Lesser | . | . | . |
| Lesser | Monroe G. | 1886 | 1934 | Husband | . | . | . |
| Levy | Minette | June. 15, 1839 | July. 2, 1906 | Born in Minversheim Alsace | Died in Bessemer Ala. | . | . |
| Marks | Isaac | Oct. 29, 1888 | May. 31, 1952 | . | . | . | . |
| Marks | Rachel | Dec. 15, 1859 | Jan. 26, 1914 | Wife of J. Marks | Footstone | . | . |
| Newberg | Harry | Apr. 14, 1894 | Feb. 26, 1934 | . | . | . | . |
| Panetz | Samuel | Dec. 22, 1905 | Dec. 27, 1905 | . | . | . | . |
| Schaffer | Sheldon | Apr. 4, 1923 | Apr. 13, 2006 | . | . | . | . |
| Seal | Maxine G. | Oct. 3, 1901 | Mar. 9, 1983 | . | . | . | . |
| Seal | Roland | Apr. 1, 1901 | Oct. 16, 1985 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Seigel | Maurice A. | Mar. 23, 1916 | Feb. 18, 1923 | Son of A. L. & Lena Seigel | . | . | . |
| Shapins | Etta | 1894 | 1948 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Siegel | Sigmond | July. 7, 1905 | Sept. 29, 1909 | Son of Sam & Dora Siegel | . | Hebrew | . |
| Spivak | David | Mar. 15, 1869 | July. 12, 1949 | . | . | . | . |
| Spivak | Freida | Aug. 15, 1870 | Mar. 19, 1957 | . | . | . | . |
| Starkopf | Milton Bernard | Mar. 25, 1915 | May. 30, 2001 | . | . | . | . |
| Starkopf | Wynelle Upton | July. 3, 1921 | Mar. 28, 2008 | . | . | . | . |
| Stein | Bessie | May. 1, 1864 | Nov. 15, 1922 | Mother | . | . | . |
| Stein | Jacob | Nov. 8, 1889 | Jan. 15, 1918 | Alabama Captain 114th Engineers | 39 Div. | H | . |
| Stein | Miriam | Sept. 11, 1900 | Apr. 28, 1970 | . | . | . | . |
| Stein | Robert Alan | June. 25, 1896 | Feb. 7, 1964 | . | . | . | . |
| Stein | Sam'l. | Dec. 25, 1859 | Jan. 27, 1932 | Father | . | . | . |
| Wittenstein | Anna | 1878 | 1858 | . | . | . | . |
| Wittenstein | Fannie | Apr. 18, 1901 | Nov. 8, 1982 | Beloved Mother and Grandmother | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein | Fay G. | Aug. 5, 1907 | Sept. 6, 1980 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein | Harry | 1905 | 1964 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein | Morris | May. 13, 1912 | Mar. 20, 1975 | . | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein | Nathan | Mar. 13, 1919 | Oct. 12, 2005 | US Army World War II | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein | Yetta | Sept. 12, 1921 | July. 7, 1991 | . | . | H | . |
| Wittenstein ? | Hannah | . | . | Bat Yehuda Le'ev | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein ? | Hebrew | . | . | 4136/4137 | . | Hebrew | . |
| Wittenstein ? | Hebrew | . | . | 4145 | . | Hebrew | . |
| Zinaman | David Ivan | Mar. 19, 1961 | Mar. 21, 1961 | . | . | . | . |
Entrance Gate
Beth El Cemetery
Bessemer, Alabama
Photo by Lynn Franklin
