Monument to the 14th Waffen SS, which fought alongside Nazis, removed from Oakville cemetery
A monument to a Ukrainian military unit that fought with the Nazis is no longer on display at a private cemetery in Oakville, Ont. after it was removed on March 7, following years of controversy. The monument to the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, sometimes called SS Galizien and SS Galichina or Galicia, […]
Canadians thankful for group clearing Hungarian cemetery
Ron Csillag writes about the recent massive restoration of the Kozma Street Jewish Cemetery, the world’s largest Jewish burial ground, located in the Hungarian capital.
One man’s quest to restore the graveyards of Hungary
Miksa Winkler has helped restore around a dozen Jewish cemeteries in rural Hungary that were forgotten, neglected or abandoned, and he has plans for hundreds more.
Neglected Toronto cemetery gets some much-needed TLC
A Jewish cemetery in Toronto that had been neglected for quite some time has received a much-needed makeover.
New cemetery for interfaith couples opens in the GTA
Rabbi Yael Splansky of the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, says there has been a “significant and steadily growing” need for a place where interfaith couples can be buried side-by-side. Last month, she announced that the synagogue has taken the lead in establishing a Jewish cemetery for interfaith families.
Krugerdorf cemetery: A testimony to the Jewish pioneers of the north
Abe Aidelbaum is working to obtain charitable status for a 112-year-old Jewish cemetery in northern Ontario.
The secrets of the Jewish cemetery of Sestroretsk
The deserted Jewish cemetery can be rightfully called the most peculiar and interesting burial place of the Kurtony region
Bringing new life to a Toronto cemetery left to rot
For anyone who’s visited small, half-forgotten Jewish cemeteries in eastern Europe, the scene at Toronto’s Roselawn Cemetery is eerily familiar. The good news: The push is underway to repair the long-forgotten Jewish graveyard.
Cemetery officials reject JDL’s vandalism claims
An official at Roselawn Cemetery in mid-town Toronto says she is nearly certain that toppled and smashed tombstones there are not the result of acts of vandalism, despite JDL Canada’s claims.
Your daily spiel for Tuesday, Feb. 21
Today’s spiel includes: Trump caves to pressure and condemns anti-Semitism, Toronto Jewish condo residents targeted with swastikas and slurs, and no good kosher food in prison.
