200-year-old Dutch Jewish cemetery reopens
Following decades of neglect, Jewish and Christian volunteers worked for 6 months to restore headstones
View ArticleGestapo chief buried in Berlin Jewish cemetery
German researcher confirms that Heinrich Muller was interred in a mass grave, along with other human remains found nearby
View ArticlePolish prosecutor OK’s photo shoot in Jewish cemetery
Photographer Lukasz Szczygielski did not break the law or mean to insult anyone, says officer of the court
View ArticleVandals desecrate Jewish gravestones in South Africa
Local resident tries to raise funds for protective wall around cemetery in Krugersdorp, once home to 1,000 Jews
View ArticleTeens arrested for vandalizing Jewish cemetery in UK
40 gravestones toppled; culprits spray-paint swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans; damage estimated at $170,000
View ArticleChildren suspected of vandalizing Jewish, Christian tombstones near Paris
Vandalism by kids of Turkish descent comes amid a wave of attacks against Jews during Israel’s Gaza operation
View ArticleFire hits 18th century Romanian Jewish cemetery
Blaze scorches 20 hectares at site where thousands of pogrom victims are buried
View ArticleIsrael raises the dead with skyward cemetery
With real estate at a premium, country at forefront of global movement to bury in vertical structures in densely populated areas
View ArticleUsed to rebuild Warsaw, Jewish tombstones return to cemeteries
‘Poland regained its independence 24 years ago. Today we can speak freely, even on issues as difficult as this one’
View ArticleBelarus town built of hundreds of recycled Jewish gravestones
Residents of Brest find old tombstones lining the foundations of their infrastructure and homes
View ArticleVolunteers clean Vienna Jewish cemetery on Christian holiday
Grassroots initiative recruits Austrians to tend to city’s largest ancient Jewish burial sites on All Souls Day
View ArticlePolish town suspends building plans over Jewish cemetery
Activists decry construction plans for residential complex with underground parking on site of graves
View ArticleTwo headstones smashed at Dutch Jewish cemetery
Vandals desecrate graves in south of country; unclear whether incident motivated by anti-Semitism
View ArticleFrance’s Hollande vows to protect Jews after cemetery vandalism
President seeks to reassure community as Europe copes with wave of anti-Semitism, terrorism
View ArticleVandals target French Jewish cemetery, Vienna’s Freud museum
String of hate crimes hits Europe, with tombstones smashed in Lille and mezuzah ripped off door of Polish anti-Semitism group
View ArticleLithuania denies deportation threat against chief rabbi
Interior Ministry says no bar on visit by Chaim Burshtein, who opposes construction of conference center atop former Jewish cemetery
View ArticleNew police chief will tackle East Jerusalem violence, deputy says
In Knesset tour of embattled Mount of Olives, Avshalom Feld says attacks, vandalism on the decline; MKs say police have failed
View ArticlePolish town saves Jewish cemetery from developers
Grodzisk Mazowiecki leases site, preventing construction of residential complex with underground parking
View ArticlePolish Jewish cemetery destroyed by contractors’ illegal digging
Owner of plot in Maszewo being investigated for destruction of a protected heritage site
View ArticleVandalized Philadelphia Jewish graveyard gets a new beginning
After touring repaired Mount Carmel Cemetery, city's mayor says 'we’ll continue to respond to hate with love'
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