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Illustrative: Disposed articles are burnt in fierce fires in the incinerators of an incineration plant on April 17, 2007, in Singapore. (AP/Wong Maye-E)
January 2, 2026, 9:11 am
Ritual cremations may have occurred in Africa 9,500 years ago, researchers say
Archaeologists discover human remains by pyre in recent excavation in Malawi, suggesting hunter gatherer societies attributed great importance to ritual funerals
By Jessica C. Thompson, Elizabeth Sawchuck and Jessica Cerezo-Romàn
Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch, a Chabad emissary in Kyiv, celebrates the funeral of a Ukrainian Jewish soldier in June 2024. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2025, 10:32 pm
Kyiv rabbi seeks IDF guidance to avoid cremating Jewish soldiers in Ukraine
Chabad’s Jonathan Markovitch is working on protocol for handling remains of Jewish soldiers, as the Ukrainian army’s standard practice of cremation is barred under Jewish law
By Rossella Tercatin
Li-Yam Levy. (Courtesy)
August 31, 2021, 7:49 pm
Israeli boy who died from jellyfish sting in Thailand to be cremated
Li-Yam Levy’s family contacted Religious Affairs Ministry about bringing son’s body back to Israel for burial, but ultimately decided to perform alternative ceremony locally
By ToI Staff
Detail of the north-east quarter of the cremation pit during excavation. A fragment of collapsed wall inside the pit is visible (star). (Bocquentin et al, 2020/PLOS ONE, CC BY)
August 13, 2020, 4:23 pm
Neolithic cremains in Israel are Mideast’s oldest funerary pyre, claims scholar
Levant’s first deliberate cremation occurred between 7013-6700 BCE, according to new analysis of remains of young adult discovered in northern Israel’s Beisamoun site in 2013
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A man holds an urn at a cremation funeral parlor in Rome, October 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
March 29, 2020, 9:39 am
Cremation of first Jewish victim of coronavirus in Argentina stirs controversy
Local authorities deal with Ruben Bercovich’s body in contravention of mainstream Jewish law, prompting dialogue between rabbis and officials
By JTA
Beth Shalom Cemetery officials said they were trying to service the entire Jewish community in opening its new section. (Courtesy of Beth Shalom Cemetery via JTA)
March 20, 2019, 4:11 am
Orthodox-run cemetery okays area for cremated remains, burial of non-Jewish kin
‘The blended family and intermarriage have become very prevalent, and they need a place that will be inclusive,’ says director of St. Louis area Jewish cemetery
By ERIC BERGER
Rona Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, speaks at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, on May 9, 2013. (Flash90)
December 23, 2018, 9:06 pm
Judges throw out attempt to stop Rona Ramon cremation
High Court says lawyer had no standing to ‘intervene in a matter between a person and their family’ and orders he pay NIS 3,000 for frivolous lawsuit
By ToI Staff
Rona Ramon, who died on December 17, 2018. She was the widow of first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who died in a fatal accident aboard the space shuttle Columbia on May 9, 2013, and the mother of IAF pilot Asaf Ramon, who died in a crash during a training flight in September 2009. (Flash90)
December 20, 2018, 11:56 am
Rona Ramon’s cremation request roils rabbis
Some Orthodox religious leaders offer to arrange Jewish burial in defiance of her last wishes; others say there’s no room for intervention or judgment
By Marissa Newman
Three of the most famous Jews buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were activist Erna Rosenberg (left), Supreme Court justice Felix Frankfurter (center), and author Bernard Malamud. (Wikimedia Common)
February 11, 2016, 2:58 am
The mysterious Jews of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Why have hundreds of notable Jews chosen to be interred in these Cambridge, Massachusetts, non-denominational burial grounds?
By Matt Lebovic
May Peleg, shown at the Jerusalem Open House, was an activist in Israel’s LBGT community. (Screenshot from Facebook/JTA)
November 25, 2015, 1:02 am
Supreme Court upholds transgender activist’s cremation request
After her suicide, May Peleg’s ultra-Orthodox family loses appeal to bury her according to Jewish law
By JTA
May Peleg, shown at the Jerusalem Open House, was an activist in Israel’s LBGT community. (Screenshot from Facebook/JTA)
November 18, 2015, 2:30 am
Haredi mother of transgender woman fights to stop her cremation
Jerusalem District Court to rule Wednesday on validity of Israeli woman’s will, filed the day before her suicide
By JTA
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