Jewish cemeteries in europe

Renovation works at the Jewish cemetery in Sataniv, Ukraine in 2021. (Dmitry Polyukhovich/Jewish Heritage Europe)

Jewish group renovating a Jewish cemetery in Ukraine accused of damaging headstones

Jewish heritage experts said tombstones at the Sataniv cemetery were separated from the human remains they were erected to mark.

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 25, 2021 4:00 pm

The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish section of a municipal cemetery in Belfast, UK on April 16, 2021. (Courtesy of Steven Corr)

Jewish headstones smashed in Northern Ireland cemetery

In 2016, 13 headstones were damaged in a similar attack on the Jewish section of the same graveyard in Belfast.

April 18, 2021 10:42 pm

The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Malyn, Ukraine in November 2020. (Evgeny Gorodetsky)

Headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in Ukraine

Among the graves targeted was a joint plot of a couple whose families recently installed a new marble headstone featuring their portraits and a Star of David.

November 9, 2020 10:55 am

Reports about Jewish cemetery’s desecration in Poland are false, officials say

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 20, 2019 4:14 am

In rare move, Belarus Jews sound alarm over cemetery construction plan

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 1, 2017 8:27 am

Bones unearthed during contested dig at former Jewish cemetery in Ukraine

November 11, 2016 6:15 am

Washington scandal reveals politics behind European Jewish memorials

By Ron Kampeas September 20, 2015 3:25 pm

It’s Jew vs. Jew (and rabbi vs. rabbi) in fight over Lithuanian site

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 2, 2015 5:24 pm

Lithuania’s chief rabbi fired amid dispute over construction on former cemetery

August 14, 2015 11:36 am

Volunteers clean Vienna Jewish cemetery on Christian holiday

November 2, 2014 11:06 am

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