A massive, new underground necropolis is being built in Jerusalem to help overco...
A labourer stands inside a section of a new underground cemetery, still under construction, located at Givat Shaul Cemetery in Jerusalem October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM - A massive, new underground necropolis is being built in Jerusalem to help overcome a looming shortage of gravesites for Jewish people in the holy city. The mile-long labyrinth, with 23,000 burial chambers lining the walls and ground, was tunneled into the hillside beneath Jerusalem’s main Jewish cemetery, Givat Shaul, which is quickly running out of space.
Chevra Kadisha, the main group overseeing Jewish burials in Israel, has invested some 300 million shekels in the modern twist on an ancient burial practice that it hopes will ease the pressure on the city’s cemeteries. Dozens of graveyards in Israel have already closed their gates to new burials. Non-Jews, who make up a minority in Israel, are buried in separate cemeteries.“According to our plan, after we finish the first part of 23,000 graves, probably we will have enough space to continue digging underground,” Chananya Shachor, director of a local chapter of Chevra Kadisha, said on Sunday as the media got a first glimpse of the work.
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