Bucharest Jews can bury coronavirus dead on Shabbat to avoid cremation
The Jewish community of Bucharest, Romania, received a rabbinical allowance to bury coronavirus victims on Shabbat.
A member of Romania's Jewish community points to devastated graves at a Jewish cemetery in Bucharest February 14, 2007. Police officials said the damage was caused by children and was not part of any organised anti-Semitic activity.(photo credit: REUTERS/BOGDAN CRISTEL)ByMARCY OSTER