News and updates about Grave

New 'Talmudic sage' found in Tzfat

Tzfat is already home to the graves of several Talmudic sages. Another one has recently been 'discovered'.

New 'Talmudic sage' found in Tzfat

How can a person die 'prematurely'?

We use expressions like "he died early" or "she died before her time", but are they in fact accurate?

How can a person die 'prematurely'?

Thousands visit Rabbi Kook's grave

On 83rd anniversary of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook zt"l's passing thousands visit his grave on Mount of Olives.

Thousands visit Rabbi Kook's grave

Army recruits who refused to visit Rabin's grave sent to prison

4 recruits from 'Hesder' track given two weeks in prison, after refusing to visit grave of former PM Rabin for ideological reasons.

Army recruits who refused to visit Rabin's grave sent to prison

Court forbids digging up body out of 'respect for dead'

Court rejects request to open the grave of a baby who died in 1950, whose sister suspects he was kidnapped.

Court forbids digging up body out of 'respect for dead'

Bereaved Family Outraged After Finding Empty Grave

Family of soldier killed in Yom Kippur War illegally opens their son's grave - and find it is empty.

Bereaved Family Outraged After Finding Empty Grave

Jewish WWII Gravestones Discovered Right Before Destruction

Seven gravestones in abandoned house in Poland found by chance before demolition, part of destroyed Jewish cemetery.

Jewish WWII Gravestones Discovered Right Before Destruction

Tzfat (Safed) Teens Tend Abandoned Soldiers’ Graves

In Tzfat, teenagers are tending the graves of soldiers whose families are gone in a project called “Adopt the Unknown Soldier.”

Tzfat (Safed) Teens Tend Abandoned Soldiers’ Graves