Jerusalem – In Photos: Thousands Attend Mass Prayer To Bury Remains Of Ancient Bones From Jaffa

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    Jerusalem – Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews participated today at the funeral of ancient bones uncovered near Andromeda Hill in Jaffa March 28 2011.

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    Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around boxes containing the remains of ancient bones, which are covered in a Jewish prayer shawl during a mass prayer in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood March 28, 2011. The bones were unearthed near Tel Aviv where a luxury hotel is to be built. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, who believe there are ancient Jewish graves at the site, have protested the new building. The Israel Antiquities Authority, after examinations, concluded the bones are not from Jewish graves. REUTERS

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a mass prayer after boxes containing the remains of ancient bones were bought to Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood March 28, 2011. The bones were unearthed near Tel Aviv where a luxury hotel is to be built. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, who believe there are ancient Jewish graves at the site, have protested the new building. The Israel Antiquities Authority, after examinations, concluded the bones are not from Jewish graves. REUTERS

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around boxes of ancient bones that were just covered by a Jewish prayers shawl, or 'talit,' as a mass prayer gets underway in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem to bury the bones on 28 March 2011 according to Jewish tradition and law. The bones have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv, and have been the cause of protests and clashes over what the Hassidic calls the desercration of ancient graves where a luxury hotel is to be built.. The bones were brought to the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem for burial.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

     Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys cram a window in a 'yeshiva.' or Jewish seminary, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem as a mass prayer is recited on 28 March 2011 prior to the burial of boxes of ancient bones excavated from an archaeological site in Jaffa. The bones were unearthed over the past year at a site south of Tel Aviv where a luxury hotel is to be built and has been the site of protests and clashes with police over what the ultra-Orthodox say is the desercration of Jewish graves.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a mass prayer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem to bury boxes of ancient bones on 28 March 2011 according to Jewish tradition and law. The bones have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv, and have been the cause of protests and clashes over what is called the desercration of ancient graves in order to build a luxury hotel. The bones were brought to the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem for burial.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a mass prayer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem to bury boxes of ancient bones on 28 March 2011 according to Jewish tradition and law. The bones have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv, and have been the cause of protests and clashes over what is called the desercration of ancient graves in order to build a luxury hotel. The bones were brought to the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem for burial.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a mass prayer in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem to bury boxes of ancient bones on 28 March 2011 according to Jewish tradition and law. The bones have been unearthed during archaeological excavations in Jaffa, just south of Tel Aviv, and have been the cause of protests and clashes over what is called the desercration of ancient graves in order to build a luxury hotel. The bones were brought to the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem for burial.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

    An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy watches the crowd gather outside a 'yeshiva,' or seminary, in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem before a banner that reads, 'No ,NoNo, No' in Hebrew as a mass prayer is called to bury boxes of ancient bones on 28 March 2011. The bones were excavated from an archaeological site in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, over the past year and were the cause of protests and clashes with police over what the ultra-Orthodox say is the desercration of Jewish graves.  EPA/JIM HOLLANDER


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    DavidMoshe
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    DavidMoshe
    13 years ago

    Interesting… if the Ministry of Antiquities determined that the remains were not Jewish remains, what’s the basis for this big production? Why did these folks come to the conclusion that these were Jewish remains?

    Wmsbg
    Wmsbg
    13 years ago

    because the ministry of antiquities are apikorsim and are not reliable, the rabunim say they checked the remains and its jewish bones rachmunah litzlan

    lchaim
    lchaim
    13 years ago

    thats for sure that these are jewish bones

    shvigger
    shvigger
    13 years ago

    Just because the minister of antiquities decided so, doesn’t mean it is so. The minister of antiquities is an apikoris with an agenda.

    DRE53
    DRE53
    13 years ago

    your question is valid without stating what the Ministry of Antiquities determined. namely, what’s the basis of Asra Kadisha?
    the answer to that is that there are Halachos that set the criteria that needs to be met for graves to be treated as a jewish cemetary. the leading rabbis of Asra Kadisha concluded, after investigating, that the cemetary is jewish, based on halachic criteria.

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    13 years ago

    Nice show for political purposes. Notice how they gathered thousand young children and men of working age when that demographic should be in schools or working. It’s easy to mobilize thousands of people when no one works. The kids seem excited like it’s a field archeology trip too to read some prayer they have been ordered to read for ancient bones whom experts know are not even Jewish.

    deskjockey627
    deskjockey627
    13 years ago

    Biggest joke is that graves on Har Hazeisim in their own backyard are descrated daily. Let them go there and clean that up first. But no newspaper coverage for that.

    13 years ago

    I have a question. Did these thousands of chassidim attend the funeral for the Fogel family? I saw the photos from the funeral and I dont recall seeing them. If not, why? For ancient bones that may not even be Jewish thousands show up. For victims of terrorist attacks some show up. Am I missing something?

    ProminantLawyer
    ProminantLawyer
    13 years ago

    #10 …you are missing something.
    they don’t care of living beings only dead ones; they don’t care for israelis only their one; they are selfish you are not.

    Moshe4753
    Moshe4753
    13 years ago

    whats the difference if the bones were jewish or not? the bones were disturbed by the digging , and regardless if the bones were jewish or not , there should be some respect shown.

    Babishka
    Member
    Babishka
    12 years ago

    The Smithsonian and the Museum of Natural History (both in NY and in Chicago) have returned many of their collections to various aboriginal communities who then interred the remains in accordance with their traditions. Likewise if the Israel Antiquities were approached in the same manner as other native communities approached the Smithsonian and MNH they would receive their ancestral remains with respect.

    However in this case what evidence do the rabbonim have to prove that these remains must receive Kever Yisroel? It seems to me this is just a big show to display their antagonism to the IAA and there is far from definitive evidence that these remains are even Jewish.

    shredready
    shredready
    12 years ago

    maybe the robonim can say how they concluded that the bones are jewish? Lets put their reasoning to the test

    Genug
    Genug
    12 years ago

    1. who are all these “chareidim” commenting on the internet?
    2. who are these experts, just repeating the balony giving them
    3. shmidal & company make their loads of $$ by blackmailing construction firms
    and klal yisrael
    4. what happenned to the bones of the goyim inn ashkelon hospital expansion.
    5. with so many avreichim in financial straits, is our prioritythe bones of esther, mordchai or yaffo, the MAHRAM Rotenberg didnt let himself, bchaim, extorted kal vchomer on the dead
    6. whats next a cemetary by shmidal at aushwitz
    7. see 10. the MURDER opf the fogel family, where was the crowds, halachically there is a chiyuv of being mevatil torah for them, not for sfek sfeka bones.

    Aryeh
    Aryeh
    12 years ago

    This is a tremendous kiddush Hashem, that heimishe yidden, even with a tiny suspicion that a meis is from a yid, they give this much kavod. Even if there is a possibility that the meis is a chazer, or worse, a tzioney, they want to say a kaddish. This is how valuable a yissishe person is, even after thousands of years, even if they were ba’ale avoda zara cv”s!

    12 years ago

    Pure propaganda

    12 years ago

    They might, just might be burying Jew killers from ages ago.