Westlawn Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in Norridge, a suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The cemetery covers 72acre and roughly 46,000 people are buried there.Notable intermentsJack Ruby, convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who at the time was under arrest for the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy(His conviction was later reversed. He died awaiting a new trial, still legally presumed innocent.)Abe Saperstein, creator of the Savoy Big Five, precursor of the Harlem GlobetrottersShel Silverstein, poet, author, satirist, and cartoonistGene Siskel, film criticVandalismWestlawn was the site of gravestone desecration in January 2008. At least 57 tombstones were defaced with anti-Semitic slogans. Using white and blue spray paint, the vandal drew swastikas and slurs on tombstones in a western section of the cemetery. A 21-year-old Polish immigrant male was charged with the crime in February 2008. He has been directly linked by police to a neo-Nazi organization in the Chicago area. He was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison.
