Christians fund Jewish cemetery
A group of German Christians have joined together with a Jewish community to help raise funds to pay for a new Jewish cemetery.
A joint raffle was held in the town of Wuppertal, a center of Germany’s coal mining industry, in the far west State of Northrhein-Westphalia, the Juedische Allgemeine Zeitung Newspaper (JAZ) reported.
On August 28, the Friends of the New Synagogue that invited local Jewish and Christian residents to an Inter-cultural festival where the raffle was held.
The Protestant parish of Elberfeld, a few miles outside of Wuppertal, had already donated a piece of land for the future cemetery which will go alongside the recently built Wupprtal synagogue.
Laying its infrastructure and constructing a 60 seat chapel will cost the Jewish Community about 800,000 euros.
full story on "European Jewish Press"
A joint raffle was held in the town of Wuppertal, a center of Germany’s coal mining industry, in the far west State of Northrhein-Westphalia, the Juedische Allgemeine Zeitung Newspaper (JAZ) reported.
On August 28, the Friends of the New Synagogue that invited local Jewish and Christian residents to an Inter-cultural festival where the raffle was held.
The Protestant parish of Elberfeld, a few miles outside of Wuppertal, had already donated a piece of land for the future cemetery which will go alongside the recently built Wupprtal synagogue.
Laying its infrastructure and constructing a 60 seat chapel will cost the Jewish Community about 800,000 euros.
full story on "European Jewish Press"
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2 Comments:
hmmmm chrishtians fund jewish cemetery
i am sure the christians want a big full jewish cemetery
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By Vos Iz Nies, at 19 September, 2005 19:06
Wow. Thats just mean. I would never say such a thing about the Jewish people if the role was reversed. In fact, if I did it would be anti-semitic.
michael
By Anonymous, at 01 May, 2006 16:24
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