Jewish group expresses sorrow over cemetery desecration

January 28, 2016

Members of a Jewish organization traveled to the Salesian monastery of Beit Jimal near Jerusalem to express their sorrow over the recent desecration of the monastery’s cemetery.

The organization, Tag Meir, “sees the battle against racism as also a part of a campaign to support democratic values, and the very traditional Jewish values of loving our neighbors and justice for all,” according to its website.

 

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Further information:

• A group of Jews visits Beit Gemal in sign of solidarity (Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
• Church officials protest desecration of cemetery outside Jerusalem (CWN, 1/11)
• Tag Meir