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Dead trees in the Jewish section of Sunrise Cemetery in Vallejo. (Photo/Shulamit Rosner)
Posted inNews

Jewish section of Vallejo cemetery in sorry state, say disappointed locals

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

Shulamit Rosner put a substantial down payment on a plot in the Jewish section of Sunrise Memorial Cemetery in Vallejo, but a recent visit to the site left her unsure […]

Members of the Jewish community of Prague, the Czech Republic, attend the unveiling of a monument made of Jewish headstones at a local Jewish cemetery, Sept. 7, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Prague)
Posted inWorld

Prague’s Jews build monument out of headstones plundered under communism

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 13, 2022
A rendering of the planned natural burial area at Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, which will feature drought tolerant landscaping. (Image/Courtesy Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries)
Posted inUncategorized, Opinion

California Jews, enough with your green, grassy cemeteries

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward May 23, 2022
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

An unveiling without a headstone? A shortage challenges grieving families

by Stewart Ain and Forward August 26, 2021
Bill Brostoff at the Jewish cemetery in Trzcianne, Poland.
Posted inHistory

One Berkeley man’s quest to save Poland’s Jewish cemeteries

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
a gravestone
Posted inFirst Person

Visiting grandma’s grave: much more than an obligation

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz October 17, 2018October 23, 2018
Among those in attendance at the consecration of the expansion of Gan Yarok: Rabbi David Cooper (second from right) and Rabbi Gershon Albert (third from right)
Posted inNews

Jewish green cemetery in Marin expands

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol August 15, 2018
the plaque reads: "established in approximately 1851 by the Hebrew Congregation of Sonora, later known as the Sonora and Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society; this was the first Jewish cemetery in the Gold Rush region."
Posted inJewish Life

Gold Rush-era Jewish cemetery cleanup with Mother Lode Jewish Community

by J. Staff May 1, 2017
rows of vandalized headstones
Posted inOpinion

Why has the overturning of Jewish headstones spooked us so?

Edmon Rodman by Edmon J. Rodman February 24, 2017February 23, 2017

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