Tombstone

Office of the UK Chief Rabbi

Vayishlach: The legacy of those who perished in the Holocaust

Holocaust victims have no headstones, no matzeiva. I derive some chizuk, some support, from the beautiful teaching in Parshat Vayishlach.

What epitaph will be engraved on Peres' tombstone?

Peres's epitaph will include quotes from Isaiah, Bialik and Ben Gurion as well as detailing his various activities in the political arena.

Slain soldier's widow slams IDF memorial: He's not a 'victim'

Widow furious that husband's tombstone will merely read 'fell in a terror attack', despite fighting bare handed against the terrorists.