Protest in Jerusalem Over Burial Tunnels Under Existing Graves

In Jerusalem, as in Jerusalem, there is no quiet moment of rest. Between one turbulent demonstration and another, the capital seems to keep generating flashpoints, and this time it is a particularly dramatic and sensitive front taking to the streets, the battle over the honor of the dead and burial arrangements. Against the backdrop of the growing halakhic and public סערה over the construction of giant tunnels for underground field burial beneath the existing cemetery on Mount of Olives, a large and tense protest rally was held this week near the offices of the Chevra Kadisha in Jerusalem's Zichron Moshe neighborhood.

The rally, held on HaMivta Street, included prominent rabbis, judges, Torah instructors, and a large crowd of residents and demonstrators who came to protest what they call a