Posts Tagged: Jewish cemetery
Why Are Turkey’s Non-Muslim Cemeteries Attacked?
JNS.org – The Istanbul community woke up on July 15 to learn of painful news published on social media: A Jewish cemetery had been subjected...
Jewish Cemetery in Winnipeg, Canada, Finds 70 Tombstones Toppled to Ground
JNS.org - The Winnipeg Police Service in Canada is investigating what some in the Jewish community are calling a case of “major vandalism” after some...
Headstones Toppled at Historic Boston-Area Jewish Cemetery
JNS.org - About a half-dozen headstones at a historic Boston-area Jewish cemetery were founded toppled early Thursday morning, local officials said. Witnesses reported seeing three young males...
Group Associated With BDS Activist Linda Sarsour Announces Intention to Turn Over Funds Promised to Historic Jewish Cemetery
An organization associated with Palestinian-American BDS activist Linda Sarsour announced its intention on Wednesday to turn over funds promised to a historic Jewish cemetery in Colorado, one day after The Algemeiner...
Colorado Jewish Cemetery Promised $100,000 by BDS Activist Linda Sarsour in March 2017 Says Money Still Hasn’t Arrived
A Jewish cemetery in Colorado that has fallen into severe disrepair has yet to receive a check for some $100,000 from a group associated with Palestinian-American...
Tombstones Vandalized in Romanian Jewish Cemetery on Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - Some ten tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in the Romanian capital of Bucharest were vandalized earlier this week as Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aurel...
Due to India’s Dwindling Bene Israel Population, Mumbai Muslim Father-Son Artisans Unlikely to Pass on Trade of Engraving Jewish Headstones to Next Generation
A Muslim father and son from Mumbai who have been engraving Jewish gravestones together for decades may not be able to pass on their trade...
Protesting Lithuania’s Plans to Build a Convention Center Over a Jewish Cemetery
One of the contemporary Jewish world’s most impressive yet unsung scholars is the unassuming Professor Shnayer Leiman of New York. Aside from being an ordained Orthodox...
Bronze Stars of David Stolen From Massachusetts Memorial for Young Girl Killed in the Holocaust
Two bronze Stars of David were stolen over the weekend from a Massachusetts memorial honoring a young girl killed in the Holocaust, the local news outlet NECN reported on Tuesday. The sculpture, called...
Remains of Holocaust Victims Buried in Jewish Cemetery in Budapest
Human remains found in 2011, including many believed to be of Jews shot on the banks of the Danube River near the end of World...
More Than 50 Headstones Vandalized in Indiana Jewish Cemetery
Groundskeepers at the Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery in Indiana discovered on Monday more than 50 toppled headstones, some badly damaged, according to the Indianapolis-based television...
1,700-Year-Old Galilee Inscriptions Refer to ‘Rabbis,’ Affirm Jewish Presence
JNS.org - Three 1,700-year-old funerary inscriptions referring to “rabbis” were discovered in Moshav Zippori in Israel’s Galilee region, a finding that affirms a Jewish presence in...
Over 100 Headstones Desecrated at Historic Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia
More than 100 headstones were toppled at a historic Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. The groundskeeper of Adath Jeshurun Cemetery arrived around 6 a.m. Thursday to the...
Jewish Rights Group Opposes European Funding for Convention Center on Site of Lithuanian Jewish Cemetery
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it was opposed to a Lithuanian plan to seek European funding for the construction of a convention center built on...
