Following the murder Sunday of the head of the Haifa Burial Society, Religious Affairs Minister Margi has called an emergency meeting of all heads of burial societies (chevra kadisha) in the country. “Chevra kadisha managers are threatened daily by different people, from movers of deceased individuals, to tombstone makers and sometimes even the families of the deceased," said Margi.
Minister Margi also called upon law enforcement officials "to deal seriously with violations of the law and uproot this phenomenon from its roots."