64.6 F
San Diego
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Home Tags Cemetery

Tag: Cemetery

‘Absolutely abhorrent’ vandalism of Montreal cemetery with swastikas

0
The photo that Jeremy Levi, the mayor of Hampstead (Québec), shared on social media shows a Jewish tombstone of a Cohen, with an illustration of two hands configured in the priestly blessing. “Forever in...
Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 27, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Hamas command center found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating

2
Israeli soldiers discovered an underground tunnel running beneath a cemetery in Khan Yunis, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday. The tunnel was located directly below the Bani Suheila cemetery by troops from the IDF’s...
A view of Belfast City Cemetery. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Belfast cemetery discovers several graves vandalized in Jewish section

0
Ten Jewish gravestones were vandalized last week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and police are said to be treating it as a hate crime. The incident came amid a spate of violence that has rocked...
Mainz Cathedral aerial panoramic view, located at the market square of Mainz city in Germany. Credit: saiko3p/Shutterstock.

Dozen-plus medieval Jewish headstones discovered inside wall in Germany

0
Construction works recently uncovered 18 Jewish gravestones from the Middle Ages that were built into a wall in the old town of Mainz, Germany. According to Germany’s Ministry of Culture, the gravestones were used in...
The ancient stone found in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev in Jan. 2021. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Ancient burial stone bearing Greek inscription found in Negev national park

0
A stone bearing a Greek inscription from the end of the Byzantine period was discovered last weekend in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday. The flat, round...
Ysselsteyn German war cemetery in Holland. Credit: Alex Hoekerd/Flickr.

US ambassador to Holland visits cemetery that includes graves of Waffen-SS

0
U.S. Ambassador to Holland Pete Hoekstra visited a Dutch cemetery on Thursday where Nazis are buried. “Walked among the graves at Ysselsteyn, a cemetery for German soldiers from WWI & WWII. A terrible reminder of...
An Israeli soldier salutes at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, on the eve of Israel's Memorial Day, April 26, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Our hearts remain with the families of the fallen

0
Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, commanders and employees: In the past few weeks, the streets have been quiet and there has been silence outdoors. We’re almost used to it. But today, the silence...
Kobi Gideon קובי גדעון / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

An unusually painful Memorial Day

0
As of Monday, Israel has 23,816 fallen. Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism is the most personal of all national days. In tens of thousands of Israeli homes, families spend time...
Pedestrians in Israel wear face masks, which are mandated by the Health Ministry as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls

0
An additional three Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Tuesday, bringing the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 187, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday. The ministry also reported a spike in the...