Jewish cemeteries

A pit that rainfall exposed at a former Jewish cemetery in Iasi, Romania in October 2020, (Dan Acostioaiei)

Heavy rain reveals remains from Romanian Jewish cemetery destroyed by fascists

The downpour exposed fragments from dozens of ornate headstones that once stood in the centuries-old cemetery.

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 13, 2020 3:51 pm

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Toppled headstones at the Jewish cemetery of Zabrze, Poland on Sept. 11, 2020. (Dariusz Walerjański)

Tombstones vandalized at 3 Jewish cemeteries in Poland

At a a graveyard in Zabrze in southern Poland, 20 headstones were knocked down.

September 14, 2020 3:17 pm

The aftermath of vandalism at the Oudtshoorn Jewish cemetery in South Africa (Cape SAJB)

More than 30 headstones damaged at South African Jewish cemetery

“We are fighting a losing battle in our small and shrinking Jewish community,” said the head of the local Jewish burial society.

August 21, 2020 10:13 am

Chairs with fake money notes standing next to the decaying Palace of Concerts and Sports of Vilnius, Lithuania on May 1, 2020. (Courtesy of the display's organizers)

Chairs with fake money placed atop former Jewish cemetery in Lithuania

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 3, 2020 8:55 am

Squeezed for burial space, Jerusalem prepares to open an underground city of the dead

By Sam Sokol October 24, 2019 2:31 pm

Moroccan Jews gather for pilgrimage at newly renovated Al Jadida cemetery

By Cnaan Liphshiz August 23, 2019 4:02 am

Remains of hundreds of bodies discovered at former Jewish ghetto of Brest, Belarus

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 21, 2019 7:38 pm

EU gives nearly $1 million to mapping Jewish cemeteries

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 11, 2019 7:48 am

Ukraine Jewish cemetery gets protective fence with German funds

By Toby Axelrod December 10, 2018 11:30 am

Jewish cemeteries desecrated in Poland

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 21, 2018 6:44 am

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