Images Found on Jewish Gravestones and What They Mean

Images Found on Jewish Gravestones and What They Mean

Jewishness has always been physically distinctive. Jewish bodies are marked with circumcision, Jewish homes are marked with mezuzahs and even in death Jewish graves are often visually obvious — even as their appearance differs substantially over time and across Jewish communities.Jews eschew cremation and prefer terrestrial interment. Accordingly, Jews have been erecting physical memorials to mark the graves of their loved ones since time immemo…