Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent: Jerusalem to build city's first non-Orthodox secular burial site
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Title: Yes there IS Jewish law that forbids cremation. Name: Burned Liberal City: Of Shattered Dreams State: Of Denial
Yes there IS Jewish law that forbids cremation --ask any othodox Rabbi as for "shortage of land is a problem and needs realistic measures soon." If that is your model of our problem, how about annexing land instead of burning our honored dead??! 10 square kilometers can bury an entire generation.