Saturday, July 10, 2010

Historic cemetery reopens : Maitland’s Jewish Cemetery

From the Maitland Mercury report:
The first person to be buried at Maitland’s historic Jewish Cemetery in 76 years will be lowered into the earth under a cloud of controversy.
The body of an elderly woman will be buried at the Louth Park cemetery at 3pm today more than seven decades after the entombment of Isacc Lipman in 1934.
But instead of welcoming the contemporary burial, members of the Australian Jewish Historical Society are outraged at Maitland City Council’s decision to allow the graveside service to go ahead.

Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 08 July, 2010