cemetery

‘No longer kept secret’: New plaques give context to Dutch cemetery where Nazis are buried next to WWII victims

Commemorations have been held at the Ysselsteyn cemetery for years, but local Jews complained that the ceremonies also honored the Nazis buried there.

High-school student leads effort to preserve Vermont’s oldest Jewish cemetery

Netanel Crispe happened upon a 19th-century Jewish burial ground by chance. Now he’s trying to raise the money to preserve it.

Tel Aviv court orders freeze of construction over Muslim cemetery in Jaffa following violent protests

A temporary injunction prevents the 18th-century burial ground’s demolition and construction of a homeless shelter.

Israel

Christian cemetery vandalized near Jerusalem

United States

Up to 200 gravestones vandalized with swastikas in Illinois cemetery

North Dakota Jewish pioneer cemetery added to national register

Israel

3 Jewish teens detained for vandalizing World War I cemetery in Beersheba

United States

Restoration of vandalized Philadelphia Jewish cemetery begins

Politics

Keith Ellison calls on attorney general to investigate cemetery desecration as hate crime

United States

With few safeguards, Jewish cemeteries make easy targets for vandals

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