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Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report
For a 10 km journey, families will now need to pay 9.75 million rials, not including the costs of ritual washing, the shroud, cold storage before burial, and gravestone installation.
Gravestones toppled in Romanian Jewish cemetery where Gantz's family is buried
Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial
IDF confirms Gaza Commonwealth war cemetery damaged in operation to destroy Hamas terror tunnels
Jewish cemetery in Belarus destroyed by Nazis, now being made into a memorial
The Nazis also destroyed the city’s Jewish cemetery in part by selling half of its headstones.
Israelis rebuild Moroccan Jewish cemetery after brutal earthquake
The Israeli Eyalim Association continued with its annual tradition in Morocco for the seventh year despite the earthquake that recently devastated the country.
A Talmudic scholar's posthumous journey to Jerusalem
The journey to bring a beloved relative home for burial from lonely Czestochowa.
Lamentations at Rabin’s tomb link Tisha Be’av to modern tragedies
A young man was playing a somber tune on a piano as dozens of people waited for the chanting of lamentations to start.
Rediscovery of celebrated rabbis' tombs fuels restoration of Morocco's Jewish history
Many people have worked to restore most of the graves and are planning to start cleaning off the vegetation growth around the tombstones and clearing the walkways.
Ancient cemetery discovered at UK Spaceport site in Shetland Islands
The archaeological findings include pits, large boulders, and burnt bones, all pointing toward the existence of a ritual cremation cemetery.
Jewish rituals can profoundly enrich our lives - opinion
I often find myself reflecting on my father’s passing. It is during such moments that I experience a profound sense of love, pride, and appreciation for my Jewishness.
Stonehenge-like 4,000-year-old sanctuary discovered in Netherlands
The sanctuary - as big as at least three soccer fields and built with soil and wood - was built to align with the sun on the solstices.
Polish city throws children’s bubble party on top of Jewish graves
The former cemetery, now a children’s play area next to an elementary school, was demolished roughly 50 years ago, but the bodies were not removed.
Madonna to return to Israel for Shavuot on private visit
Madonna's visit to Israel won't be to perform, but rather will be for a personal visit to the graves of noted Kabbalists in Safed.
