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==History== Built on 35 acres of rolling hills in an undeveloped area near [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], the cemetery was originally founded as [[B'nai B'rith]] Memorial Park in 1941 by Lazare F. Bernhard and [[Robert S. Groman|Robert S.]] and [[Harry Groman]], founders of [[Groman Mortuaries]] in 1936 and sons of [[Charles Groman]], who co-founded the first licensed Jewish mortuary west of Chicago, [[Glasband-Groman-Glasband]], before it was renamed "Hillside Memorial Park" in 1942. Because of objections by the Inglewood Chamber of Commerce, they were not granted a permit to operate by the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] until July 1943.<ref name="KCET">{{cite web |last1=Meares |first1=Hadley |title=Hillside Memorial Park: A Jewish Modernist Masterpiece in the Midst of the City |url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/hillside-memorial-park-a-jewish-modernist-masterpiece-in-the-midst-of-the-city |website=KCET |publisher=Public Media Group of Southern California |access-date=2018-11-02 |language=en |date=14 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="DRHMPM">{{cite web |title=Distinguished Residents of Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary |url=https://hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/HS-016%20DistResBook%20060408.pdf |website=hillsidememorial.org |publisher=[[Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary]] |access-date=2018-11-02 |date=2008}}</ref><ref name="HMPMHist">{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Hillside Memorial |url=https://www.hillsidememorial.org/about-hillside/our-history/ |website=Hillside Memorial |publisher=Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary |access-date=2018-11-01 |language=en}}</ref> In 1951 the park became famous when [[Al Jolson]]'s widow, Erle, purchased a large plot and had erected a 75-foot-high domed monument in his memory. Thousands attended the dedication and service, which included a eulogy by [[Jack Benny]].<ref name="KCET" /> After a bitter legal dispute between the Groman brothers, and Robert's death in 1957, the park was acquired by [[Temple Israel of Hollywood]], which continues to own and operate it.<ref name="KCET" /><ref name="HMPMHist" /> [[Jack Benny]]'s funeral in 1974 included a eulogy by [[Bob Hope]] and was attended by over 2000 people, including dozens of well-known members of the entertainment community.<ref name="NYT19741230">{{cite web |last1=Nordheimer |first1=Jon |title=Thousands Watch Hollywood Farewell to Benny |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/30/archives/thousands-watch-hollywood-farewell-to-benny-by-jon-nordheimer.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2018-11-02 |location=Los Angeles |page=26 (original print edition) |language=en |date=December 30, 1974}}</ref> Major figures in the worlds of philanthropy, women's rights, law, education, medicine and religion are interred at Hillside, some of whom are listed [[#Notable interments|below]].<ref name="KCET" /><ref name="HMPMHist" />
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