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Rabbinical Court denies woman's cremation request, orders Jewish burial

The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will and ordering that her remains be transported to Israel for burial.

  Gravestones under restoration at Warsaw's largest Jewish cemetery, September 2024.

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
27/02/2025

Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway

Dating between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the Holesteinen reshapes understanding of early runic writing.

4,500-year-old warrior cemetery discovered near Förderstedt

One burial contained a 15 cm vessel, part of the bell-shaped ceramics that gave the culture its name, placed with food for the afterlife journey.

Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary

Researchers identified the first known female burial mound in the Carpathian Basin from this period.

Massive Viking-era cemetery excavated, reveals 50-meter ship-shaped stone

The discovery includes at least 139 graves and burial mounds dating back more than 1,200 years.

Upper Galilee: A modern crisis echoes 1920's struggles

Upper Galilee faces a crisis echoing 1920, marked by isolation and danger. This article explores the historical parallels and calls for urgent renewal.

By AMITAN LEITNER
07/08/2024

Caring for the graves of Jewish WWII soldiers, 80 years on

Operation Benjamin: making sure the graves of Jewish American GIs who fell in World War II are properly marked.

By ROOKIE , HESHIE BILLET
20/07/2024
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MKs propose bill to enable burial of terror victims ‘lacking religion’ in Jewish plots

According to the bill, terrorists do not differentiate between these and other Israelis, and their families should therefore be allowed to bury their loved ones alongside Jews.

Jewish cemetery in Montreal desecrated with stone Nazi swastikas

Hampstead mayor Jeremy Levi condemned the Kehal Israel cemetery memorial park's vandalism, in which the stones traditionally placed on graves out of respect and to mark a visit were misappropriated. 

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