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.

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.

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.

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

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

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Bones unearthed during contested dig at former Jewish cemetery in Ukraine

United States

Washington scandal reveals politics behind European Jewish memorials

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

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

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Volunteers clean Vienna Jewish cemetery on Christian holiday

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