Beth Tzedec Memorial Park
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park is a Jewish cemetery on Bathurst Street in North York, Ontario.
Established in 1949 by the Beth Tzedec Congregation, the cemetery is located next to Park Lawn Cemetery, Westminister Memorial Park and G. Lord Ross Reservoir.[1]
As with most Jewish cemeteries in Toronto it was located outside of then city core in what was suburban areas and located in what is now a pre-dominately Jewish neighbourhood.
Notable burials
- Jack Rabinovitch - philanthropist, businessman and founder of Giller Prize
- Goodwin Rosen - businessman, minor and later major league baseball player with Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
- Philip Givens - Mayor of Toronto, federal MP and judge
- Allan Grossman - Ontario MPP and cabinet minister
- Larry Grossman - Ontario MPP, provincial cabinet minister, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario; son of Allan Grossman
- Bob Kaplan - MP and federal cabinet minister
- David Croll - Senator, federal MP, Ontario MLA/MPP, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario
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