Floral Park Cemetery
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A Jewish cemetery
Jewish cemetery
A Jewish cemetery is a cemetery where members of the Jewish faith are buried in keeping with Jewish tradition....

 in South Brunswick Township, New Jersey
South Brunswick Township, New Jersey
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, where many prominent Hassidic Rabbis are buried, including Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and Rabbi Naftali Halberstam
Naftali Halberstam
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 of Bobov, Rabbi Samuel Hirsch Horowitz of Spinka
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, Rabbi Moses Josef Rubin
Moses Josef Rubin
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of Cimpulung and Rabbi Yitzchok Issac Langner the Stretiner Rebbe of New York City.


The cemetery contains many holocaust survivors including Gisella (Roth) Green, Irving (Israel) Green, Ruchma Lesser & sister Rivka Gutter, and many others from Poland, Hungary and Germany. One of the many societies represented is the first wodzislaw society.

Across the street from the Floral Park Cemetery is the Washington Cemetery. Washington Cemetery is a separate cemetery from the Floral Park Cemetery, but both are under the same management. Contrary to popular belief, many of the prominent Rabbis said to be buried in Floral Park Cemetery are actually buried in Washington Cemetery.

Directions to the cemetery can be found here: Google Maps
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