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Cremation in israel

Evidence of most ancient cremation in Near East found in Israel

“Cremation could have allowed those ancient inhabitants of the site to have more space for the living, instead of devoting it to the dead.”

|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Human skull covered with plaster from Beisamoun in Hula Valley.
A WARRIOR’S cremation urn, 900-850 BCE, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.

Cremation of Jewish victim of coronavirus in Argentina stirs controversy

The first Jewish victim of the coronavirus in Argentina was cremated by local authorities despite protests from the local Jewish community.

|ByJTA STAFF
A WARRIOR’S cremation urn, 900-850 BCE, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes.

Orthodox-run cemetery OKs area for non-Jewish family members

The change is an extension of another move toward inclusion: In 2001, Beth Shalom was created on the cemetery grounds to accommodate those who convert to Judaism under a non-Orthodox rabbi.

|ByERIC BERGER
Rona Ramon

Senior rabbi tells Ramon family not to cremate her remains

He also described Ramon’s request for cremation to spare her family more suffering as “characteristic of her nobility” but went on to say that there severe consequences in Jewish law for cremation.

|ByJEREMY SHARON

A feast for the senses

Disability rights NGO Access Israel and the Hilton Queen of Sheba have partnered up to offer an experience that titillates the senses while illustrating the difficulty of living with a disability.

JANUARY 28, 2015
Cooking with disability