The Moscow Jewish cemetery is closed, and no more Jewish burials are permitted in Moscow, it was reliably reported here today from the Soviet capital. The reason given was that the cemetery was full, but no alternative site has been provided. Moscow Jewish dead are now being cremated, in many cases to the great distress of relatives, since Jewish religious law forbids cremation.
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