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A cemetery is desecrated, shaking Michigan’s Jewish community on Election Day
By Yonat Shimron — November 3, 2020
(RNS) — Gayle Kirshenbaum planned to spend Election Day calling potential voters and urging them to vote. Instead she woke up to the news that the cemetery where her grandparents are buried was desecrated.
Jewish cemetery vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti in Massachusetts
By Aysha Khan — March 20, 2019
BOSTON (RNS) — At least 30 gravestones were desecrated with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages at the Hebrew Cemetery in Fall River, Mass., over the weekend.
Death is a way of life as Mexico celebrates Day of the Dead
By Irving Cabrera Torres — November 2, 2018
SAN ANDRÉS MIXQUIC, Mexico (RNS) — In Mexican families, the remembrance of loved ones is so frequent and natural that it can seem as if the deceased has never died.
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
By Isaac Scharf — November 17, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tunnels stretching more than a kilometer (half-mile) in length beneath Jerusalem's main cemetery have been carefully dug over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves — enough space to meet the city's needs for the next decade.
Jewish graves unearthed in Rome testify to community’s persecution
By Josephine McKenna — March 29, 2017
ROME (RNS) Researchers say the absence of headstones was a result of decrees issued by Pope Urban VIII, who ruled in 1625 that Jews be buried in unmarked graves and ordered headstones to be removed from existing graves.
Mount Carmel Cemetery: Stones toppled, stones righted
By guest — February 28, 2017
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) I saw with my own eyes evidence of the darkness of hatred that can enfold us, and I saw with my own eyes the sparks of light and love that shine even more brightly when darkness is thickest.
What kind of $#@?! attacks a cemetery?!?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 24, 2017
You desecrate a cemetery — you desecrate God. Any questions?
Trump condemned anti-Semitism. What about Islamophobia?
By Lauren Markoe — February 23, 2017
(RNS) 'We actually have to convince the administration that bigotry against Muslims is wrong,' said Dalia Mogahed, a Muslim researcher and activist.
How a proposed Muslim cemetery became a battleground for America’s soul (COMMENTARY)
By Ruth Nasrullah — August 10, 2015
(RNS) That's what Islamophobia is really about: You don't belong here. This is our land, our water, our beliefs, our country.
Pennsylvania township nixes proposed Islamic cemetery, appeal likely
By Reuters — March 25, 2015
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) The vote against the proposed 80-plot cemetery on an old farm site would have served a congregation of Bosnian Muslims.
House passes bill to make cemetery desecration a religious freedom crime
By Lauren Markoe — May 28, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The bill was suggested by Jewish groups who pointed out the frequent desecration of Jewish cemeteries abroad, especially in nations that once had significant Jewish populations.
Near St. Peter’s, an ancient burial site opens to the public
By Eric J. Lyman — January 29, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In the first century B.C., a grassy hillside just north of what is now St. Peter's Square was used as a burial place for local Romans. Now the Vatican is ready to let the public see what it uncovered there.
‘Death cafes’ normalize a difficult, not morbid, topic
By Janice Lloyd — April 15, 2013
(RNS) No one wants to talk about death at the dinner table, says Lizzy Miles, a social worker in Columbus, Ohio. But sometimes people need to talk about the "taboo'' topic. Hence the birth of "death cafes.''
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