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Israel might be on verge of burial crisis with cemeteries struggling for burial space
Prof. Alex Weinreb, chair of the Demography Area and Research Director at the Taub Center, published a study warning about a shortage of burial grounds that is worse than expected.
Matti Caspi laid to rest as family and artists gather to honor his legacy
IDF recovers remains of final hostage Ran Gvili after covert operations in northern Gaza
Iran admits at least 3,000 killed in protest crackdown, UN dismayed by 'horrific violence'
Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world
In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.
Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway
Dating between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the Holesteinen reshapes understanding of early runic writing.
4,500-year-old warrior cemetery discovered near Förderstedt
One burial contained a 15 cm vessel, part of the bell-shaped ceramics that gave the culture its name, placed with food for the afterlife journey.
Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary
Researchers identified the first known female burial mound in the Carpathian Basin from this period.
Massive Viking-era cemetery excavated, reveals 50-meter ship-shaped stone
The discovery includes at least 139 graves and burial mounds dating back more than 1,200 years.
Upper Galilee: A modern crisis echoes 1920's struggles - opinion
Upper Galilee faces a crisis echoing 1920, marked by isolation and danger. This article explores the historical parallels and calls for urgent renewal.
Caring for the graves of Jewish WWII soldiers, 80 years on
Operation Benjamin: making sure the graves of Jewish American GIs who fell in World War II are properly marked.
MKs propose bill to enable burial of terror victims ‘lacking religion’ in Jewish plots
According to the bill, terrorists do not differentiate between these and other Israelis, and their families should therefore be allowed to bury their loved ones alongside Jews.
Jewish cemetery in Montreal desecrated with stone Nazi swastikas
Hampstead mayor Jeremy Levi condemned the Kehal Israel cemetery memorial park's vandalism, in which the stones traditionally placed on graves out of respect and to mark a visit were misappropriated.
Nearly 200 Jewish gravestones vandalized in Ohio
The JCGC and federation called for those seeking to help to donate to the JCGC’s monument repair fund.
