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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.

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Bucharest Jews can bury coronavirus dead on Shabbat to avoid cremation, a rabbinical authority rules

The edict is trying to works around a Romanian government order that COVID-19 victims be buried on the day of their death or cremated.

The synagogue in Săveni, Romania in 1996. (Dmitry Vilensky/Center for Jewish Art)

A 19th-century synagogue in Romania is now a restaurant

The dilapidated building used to house the Great Synagogue of Săveni.

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Germany to compensate 8,000 Israel Holocaust survivors from Romania

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Romania hosts inaugural summit for anti-Semitism envoys

The aftermath of vandalism at the Jewish cemetery of Husi, Romania in April 2019. (Courtesy of Fedrom)

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Dozens of headstones smashed at fire-ravaged Jewish cemetery in Romania

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Romanian PM announces Jerusalem embassy move at AIPAC conference

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Romania’s agricultural minister compares the incinerating of sick pigs to Auschwitz

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New fund for needy Romanian Holocaust survivors to distribute $1.3 million

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Romania has no plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem, president says

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