Cemetery

Haredim vandalize homes of real estate company managers

Dozens of haredim broke into the homes of senior corporate officials and vandalized them due to unconfirmed claims about graves at a construction site in Yehud.

Malachei Hashalom:

First cemetery established overnight for fallen hero David Libi

Within 24 hours of his death in Gaza, a new cemetery is inaugurated in Malachei Hashalom to bury David Libi, son of the community's founder.

Poland:

Ancient Jewish cemetery desecrated

Unknown individuals dug up and destroyed graves at a historic site located in a forest managed by the Western Poland forestry department.

Poland:

Suspect arrested for defiling Jewish teacher's grave

According to the local police, the suspect stole equipment from a construction company that was performing maintenance work in the cemetery and on his way out he knocked over the tombstones.

The Greatest Gift:

Eternal Rest in Eretz Hakodesh

Even if someone did not merit to live in the holy land, they can still be brought for burial here.

An Accessible Path to Burial in the Holy Land

For countless Jews residing outside Israel, the prospect of eternal rest in the Holy Land carries profound spiritual significance.

Discover Your Path to Eternal Rest in Jerusalem

As Jews, our connection to the Land of Israel runs deep. That's why many of us dream of being buried in Israel, preferably Jerusalem.

The Ultimate Gift for a Departed Loved One

Help to fulfill a lifelong dream with burial in Jerusalem

Oporto Jewish community opens first cemetery in five centuries

Jewish cemetery first one to operate in Portuguese city since expulsion edict was enacted by Portugal in 1497.

A Final Kindness for Your Loved Ones

Viable options for a final resting place in Jerusalem

A Final Kindness for Your Loved Ones: Viable options for a final resting place in Jerusalem

Where Ancient Traditions Meet Modern Technology

Options for burial in Jerusalem that you can live with.

High-Tech Solutions for an Ancient Burial Tradition

Har Hamenuchot offers a range of options for burial in Jerusalem

Belgrade Jewish cemetery vandalized for 2nd time in two years

One of only two Jewish cemeteries still operating in Serbia vandalized with swastikas and anti-Jewish symbols.

A Jerusalem Burial Solution for All

Several options for burial on Har Hamenuchot

A Jerusalem Burial Solution for All

The Ultimate Dream of Every Diaspora Jew

Burial in Jerusalem is not beyond your reach

No one likes to talk about dying. Nevertheless, there are times when we must put emotions aside and make advance preparations for the inevit

A Final Kindness for Your Loved Ones

Viable options for a final resting place in Jerusalem

Woman crushed by gravestone in Baron Hirsch Cemetery

Elvira Navarro was killed while tending to historic Staten Island cemetry. Her family is now suing for damages.

German cemetery memorial to Jewish families destroyed by vandal

Memorial stone at the old cemetery in Dermbach dedicated to the memory of Jewish families has been destroyed by a vandal.

Burial of German neo-Nazi in Jewish singer's plot sparks outrage

Burial described as a "terrible mistake" leads Berlin anti-Semitism official to file criminal report with department of justice.

Report: Jewish group 'irreversibly harmed' Ukraine cemetery

Jewish group renovating a Jewish cemetery in Ukraine accused of damaging headstones.

‘Jews we will hang you’ spray-painted on Spanish Jewish cemetery

'A good Jew is a dead Jew' and 'murdering Jews, we will hang you,' spray-painted at entrance to Jewish cemetery near Madrid, Spain.

Swedish neo-Nazi implicated in Danish Jewish cemetery vandalism

Vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Denmark last year was allegedly ordered by a Swedish neo-Nazi leader.

US cemetery company quotes Nazi Himmler in its calendar

One of the country’s largest cemetery operators included a quote from Heinrich Himmler in a calendar it distributed as a marketing tool.

Crematoria burning round the clock in New York City

At epidemic's peak, a New Yorker was dying every two minutes.

Prague returns parts of Jewish gravestones used as cobblestones

Pieces of Jewish gravestones used to pave sidewalks in Prague to be returned to 19th-century cemetery.

Omaha: Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery

Police request public's aid in locating perpetrators after vandals topple, break, headstones at Omaha cemetery.

Polish students clean up local Jewish cemetery

Polish students clean Jewish cemetery, learn to read the headstones' Hebrew inscriptions.

'Sight of desecrated graves an affront to every decent person'

European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative President Rabbi Isaac Schapira condemns the desecration of a British military cemetery in Haifa.

Headstones destroyed in cemetery in northern Israel

Police investigate after cemetery caretaker discovers 35 smashed headstones.

Save the planet, don’t cremate, says Jewish cemetery

These Jewish cemeteries are trying to combat pollution by offering low-cost, natural burials.

Doors stolen from historic NY Jewish cemetery

Doors to 7 mausoleums, 75 air vents stolen from Beth Olam Jewish Cemetery on Queens-Brooklyn border.

73 headstones smashed at fire-ravaged Romanian Jewish cemetery

Hate crime suspected as dozens of headstones smashed in neglected Husi Jewish cemetery.

'Any attack on Jews is an attack on us all'

Strasbourg mayor, chief rabbi join 1,000 people at rally against anti-Semitism at vandalized Jewish cemetery.

Arab youth indicted for filming himself digging grave for sister

Youth from central Israel threatens to kill his sister, filming himself at cemetery: 'This week, this girl will be among the graves.'

Online information center to be established on Polish cemeteries

All cemeteries to be mapped and placed in computerized database. Stone markers will be placed at corners of about 1,400 cemeteries.

Jewish cemetery vandalized in Moldova

Jewish headstone in Moldova painted with swastika. In separate incident, hundreds of Jewish headstones found at military base in Ukraine.

Second time in a month: Jewish cemetery in Poland vandalized

Jewish cemetery near Krakow vandalized for the second time in less than a month, resulting in damage to dozens of headstones.

Anonymous entrepreneur restores Jewish cemetery in Poland

Anonymous donor spends hundreds of thousands to restore 19th century Jewish cemetery in town of Żywiec, Poland.

Heatwave exposed headstones’ layout at Holland’s oldest cemetery

100 °F heatwave kills grass at 400-year-old Beth Haim Jewish cemetery, allowing headstones to be properly seen for first time in decades.

Pushing Poland to acknowledge destroyed Jewish cemetery

Haredim flock to Polish schoolyard where they say a cemetery used to stand.

Boston’s oldest Jewish cemetery to become immigrant center

Ohabei Shalom's burial chapel concerted into immigration center.

Flames ravage Russian Jewish cemetery

Blaze torches Jewish cemetery in Voronezh, Russia. Authorities investigating if fire was result of arson.

Seattle Jewish cemetery damaged by homeless squatters

Jewish cemetery officials in Seattle say city has failed to protect it from abuse by homeless squatters.

NY teen to serve jail time for vandalizing Jewish cemetery

Teen who spray-painted 'Heil Hitler' and swastikas on wall of Jewish cemetery sentenced to six months in jail.

Sign for 'Cemetery of Martyrs' removed

J'lem municipality inspectors remove marble slab at entrance to terrorist cemetery in eastern J'lem. PA media claims tombstones smashed.

Belarus Jewish community approved building on Jewish cemetery

Belarus foreign ministry says controversial construction on former Jewish cemetery was approved by local Jewish community.

Jewish cemetery descrated in Svaliava

Vandals desecrate rabbi's grave, shatter gravestones, in Ukrainian city; local rabbi calls on authorities to catch culprits.

Volunteers clear historic Jewish cemetery in Poland

International volunteers learn about Judaism as they clean an historic Jewish cemetery.

Headstones overturned in New York cemetery

Vandals overturn headstones at Brooklyn's Washington Cemetery.

New York Jewish cemetery vandalized with Nazi graffiti

A Jewish cemetery in New York State’s Orange County was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.

Cemeteries program has preserved 70 European Jewish graveyards

German-funded pilot program has restored cemeteries in Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, Belarus, Serbia and Moldova.

Russian Jewish cemetery vandalized with swastikas

Vandals desecrate the Jewish cemetery in Petrozavodsk, Russia. Community leader: ‘We thought such behavior was a thing of the past.’

Jerusalem court acquits man after determining he is a kohen

Local man couldn't have attacked friend at memorial service, because of rabbinic prohibition on kohanim entering cemeteries.

Police Blame Desecration of Jewish Graves on Jews

Man reports how Arabs assaulted him at Mount of Olives cemetery, and how police doubted him when he found his uncle's grave smashed.

Haifa Cemetery Appeals for Help Against Funeral Attacks

Vandals have stopped operation of cemetery in Haifa, as a fight between private security companies gets ugly.

Last Jew in Pakistan Fights for Jewish Cemetery

Pakistan's only self-declared Jew is fighting an uphill battle to maintain Jewish cemetery from encroaching Muslim graveyard.

Desecrated Jewish Cemetery in Poland Slated for Destruction

Grodzisk cemetery destroyed in Holocaust used as junkyard and storage site; now building plans threaten its very existence.

Arabs Arrested over Desecration of Ancient Jewish Cemetery

Three Arabs arrested for destroying Jewish graves on Mount of Olives, as police finally show signs of treating the epidemic.

Jewish Graves Vandalized in Norway Cemetery

A Jewish cemetery was desecrated last week following statements earlier in the month of rising anti-Semitism in Norway.

National Burial Society Conference Convening in November

Israel's Chevra Kadisha organizing the first conference of its kind, which will deal with all aspects of Jewish burial in Israel and abroad.