Restoring Mount Zion Cemetery

Published on May 8, 2013

The headstone of Isabel Janken’s father, Henry Morhar, lies flat on the ground at Mount Zion Cemetery, knocked from its ledger. It’s an elegant headstone, weighing more than 1,000 pounds. A few feet below, an engraved picture showing a handsome Morhar is inscribed in capital letters, “Gone But Not Forgotten.”

Ukrainian city agrees to stop using Jewish headstones as pavement

Published on March 1, 2013

The city of Lviv in Ukraine agreed to remove Jewish headstones currently used as pavement.

Israel repatriates Palestinian terrorists’ bodies

Published on May 31, 2012

Israel turned over to Palestinian officials the bodies of 91 terrorists.

Kosovo Jewish cemetery desecrated

Published on December 1, 2011

Kosovo authorities are investigating the desecration Tuesday of a local Jewish cemetery. Swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans were sprayed on tombstones of this old cemetery which was restored less than six months ago.

Editorial cartoon: Adding insult to injury

By Steve Greenberg
Published on November 30, 2011

Editorial cartoon

Jewish cemetery in Riga is desecrated

Published on December 8, 2010

Large swastikas were found painted on more than 100 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the capital of Latvia. The swastikas apparently were painted in white spray paint overnight Tuesday at the New Jewish Cemetery in Riga. A cemetery guard made the discovery the next morning, according to reports. State and local police are investigating.

Graves defaced in Argentina include terror victims

Published on September 14, 2009

Graves belonging to AMIA Jewish Center attack victims were among those vandalized in an Argentine Jewish cemetery.