Jewish cemeteries

Two Jewish Soldiers, Killed in World War I, Finally Get Stars of David on Their Tombstones

Adolph Hanf and David Moser, of blessed memory.

Andrew Bernard and Menachem Wecker
April 10 2025 12:01AM

India’s Oldest Hebrew Tombstone, Just Discovered

A 13th-century inscription.

Itamar Eichner
July 9 2024 12:01AM

Preserving the Jewish Graves of Old Vilna

Living cemeteries and dead ones.

Shnayer Leiman
June 17 2024 12:01AM

An American Jewish Soldier Who Was Buried among Germans Has Been Finally Given a Proper Resting Place

Nathan Baskind.

Nathan Baskind.
June 5 2024 12:01AM

Graves of Jewish Soldiers from World War I Found in Gaza

A long-awaited kaddish.

Troy Fritzhand
Feb. 2 2024 12:01AM

Uncovering the Lost Graves of Morocco’s Rabbinic Sages

Tétouan’s 500-year-old Jewish cemetery.

Georgia Gilholy
July 28 2023 12:01AM

Replacing the Crosses on the Gravestones of American Jews Who Died Fighting Fascism

Operation Benjamin.

Jamie Betesh Carter
May 30 2023 12:01AM

Crimean Jews’ Medieval Cemetery

The stone of Tmutarakan.

Matti Friedman
March 22 2023 12:01AM

Three Centuries Ago, Jewish Gravestones Were Used to Repair a Historic Landmark. In the 1960s, They Were Desecrated a Second Time

The columns of Ferrara.

Henry Abramson
Nov. 9 2022 12:01AM

An Ancient Solution to Israel’s Coming Cemetery Shortage

The ossuary.

Shlomo Brody
Oct. 26 2022 12:01AM

What the Jewish Practice of Visiting Cemeteries Can Teach 21st-Century America

The story of a ḥasidic pilgrimage site in a small town in New York.

Chaya Sara Oppenheim
Sept. 7 2022 12:01AM

Kyrgyzstan’s Lost Jewish Cemeteries

During World War II, nearly 40,000 Jews found their way to Bishkek.

Levi Bridges
Aug. 30 2022 12:01AM

Preserving a Jewish Cemetery amid the Yemeni Civil War

Over 160 years of history.

Times of Israel
Aug. 23 2022 12:01AM

Ancient Rome’s Jewish Catacombs

Even older than their Christian counterparts.

Saul Jay Singer
June 28 2022 12:01AM
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