Posts Tagged: Jewish tombstones
Renovation Work in Poland Finds 60 Jewish Tombstones Near Old Gestapo Building
JNS.org - Dozens of Jewish tombstones were discovered this week in the Polish town of Radzyń Podlaski (also known as Radin), about 35 miles from...
Jewish Tombstones Used as Cobblestones to Be Returned to Old Jewish Cemetery
JNS.org - Pieces of Jewish gravestones used for street-paving in Prague’s pedestrian areas will be returned to the Old Jewish Cemetery in the Czech Republic’s...
Tombstones Vandalized in Romanian Jewish Cemetery on Holocaust Remembrance Day
JNS.org - Some ten tombstones in a Jewish cemetery in the Romanian capital of Bucharest were vandalized earlier this week as Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day. Aurel...
Vandals Smash, Burn Tombstones in Mount of Olives Cemetery
A Jewish cemetery in East Jerusalem was desecrated and set on fire early Wednesday morning, leaving about ten tombstones smashed and damaged. Trees and bushes in...
Jewish Tombstones and WWII Plane Discovered in Polish River Gone Dry
As river levels in Poland fall to record lows in a prolonged drought, Jewish tombstones and a Soviet fighter plane with the remains of its...
Archaeologists Confirm Lithuanian Power Grid Was Built With Jewish Tombstones
Yahoo/AP - Archaeologists confirmed this week that the electrical substation was built with tombstones pilfered from a Jewish cemetery. Vilinius Mayor Remigijus Simasius told the AP...
Jerusalem Day Celebrated with Flags and Memories
"It felt like Messiah had come," says Avigail Shlesinger, 81, of the day Jerusalem was liberated from the Jordan army 46 years ago. Shlesinger, who is...
