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BINTEL BRIEF I don’t belong to a synagogue. Can I be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
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News ‘Jewish enough to be murdered,’ but not buried in a Jewish cemetery
The rabbis in charge do not consider some victims of Oct. 7 Jewish — even though their families do
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News A synagogue plans to sue a cemetery that rejects its burial practices
Members of Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta have said a rule barring temporary grave markers defies Jewish law
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Nazi-collaborator monuments Monuments to Nazis hiding in plain sight near Philadelphia and Detroit
The unit perpetrated war crimes, but the memorials suggest they were mere freedom fighters
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News For Jewish seniors who can’t visit loved ones’ graves on their own, free rides and a prayer book
Dorot, the New York-based nonprofit, has resumed its program to help scores of elderly make the trip to the cemetery
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News ‘I don’t want him, on his last ride, to be alone’: Thousands gather in Israel for the funeral of slain Israeli-American
Elan Ganeles, who was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut, and became a 'lone soldier' in Israel, was shot on the road between Jericho and the Dead Sea
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