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Taiwan's Jewish community establishes first-ever cemetery in Taipei, buries 74-year-old man

Chabad Taiwan wrote that it was a "significant milestone" for the community in an Instagram post. "Sad but important," the post added.

THE TAIPEI Synagogue.
Graves of recently-buried people killed in US-Israeli airstrikes are pictured at Beheshta Zahra cemetery on the southern outskirts of Tehran on March 9, 2026.

Burial prices in Iran skyrocket by up to 50% after Tehran council approves new tariff - report

Tomb stones of Jewish soldiers fallen during the WWI on the side of the Romanian Army, witness the once large Jewish comunity of Iasi, on February 2, 2024 at the Jewish Cemetary in Iasi, eastern Romania.

Gravestones toppled in Romanian Jewish cemetery where Gantz's family is buried

President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial


Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery

Israel Antiquities Authority paper records 49 black-fired vessels in a single Mamilla tomb and tracks their decline across the late eighth to early sixth centuries BCE.

 Miniature black juglets reveal Iron Age burial practice in Jerusalem cemetery.

Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart

Archaeologist Sarah Roth explained: "Here we see a particularly close bond of the owner to his horse. Even after about 1,800 years, the grief over the death of this one animal is still evident."

 Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart.

Leave politics out of Remembrance Day - opinion

Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind.

 MOUNT HERZL Military Cemetery in Jerusalem: The national Remembrance Day exists for the entire people – one day a year when the nation collectively expresses gratitude to the fallen and stands in solidarity with the families left behind, the writer states.

How antisemitic vandals unwittingly delivered a message of hope to the world - opinion

When our people are defaced and defiled, we shine through as a holy and spiritual nation – a people who stand by each other in the face of hate and emerge stronger in spite of it. 

 CLOWN DOCTORS entertain children fleeing Ukraine, at a tent town in Humenné, Slovakia, in February 2022.

Rabbinical Court denies woman's cremation request, orders Jewish burial

The court ruled that the woman was not competent to make decisions regarding her body or inheritance, invalidating the will and ordering that her remains be transported to Israel for burial.

The Great Rabbinical Court of Appeals in Jerusalem.

Archaeology students excavating Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery are uncovering a forgotten world

In the last few years, a new form of life has come to the cemetery. Young people stand in between the gravestones, chattering, laughing, and digging with shovels.

 Gravestones under restoration at Warsaw's largest Jewish cemetery, September 2024.

Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway

Dating between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the Holesteinen reshapes understanding of early runic writing.

 Fragments of the world's oldest runestone uncovered in Norway.

4,500-year-old warrior cemetery discovered near Förderstedt

One burial contained a 15 cm vessel, part of the bell-shaped ceramics that gave the culture its name, placed with food for the afterlife journey.

 Ancient bell-shaped bowl from the Bell Beaker culture.

Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary

Researchers identified the first known female burial mound in the Carpathian Basin from this period.

 Bow, horn plate, a silver hair ring: 10th century female warrior tomb found in Hungary.

Massive Viking-era cemetery excavated, reveals 50-meter ship-shaped stone

The discovery includes at least 139 graves and burial mounds dating back more than 1,200 years.

 A massive Viking-era cemetery near the village of Tvååker.