humble3d Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Israel is building vertical cemeteries Israel is, as The Associated Press so aptly put it, literally raising the dead. Plans to build vertical cemeteries were developed in Asia, and Israel has given the idea the go-ahead. Israeli rabbis have even declared the practice kosher, saying it is "the most effective Jewish practice in an era when most of the cemeteries in major population centers are packed full." Israel is spearheading the vertical cemetery movement with its flagship Yarkon Cemetery outside Tel Aviv, but it's also starting a global trend — the high-rise cemeteries are appearing in Brazil and Japan, too. Brazil, in fact, is home to the world's tallest existing cemetery, the Memorial Necropole Ecumenica in Santos, which is an astounding 32 stories high. While the idea may seem odd or even alarming, high-rise cemeteries could be the way of the future, as burial grounds become more and more crowded across the world. "The source of all this is that there is simply no room," Tuvia Sagiv, an architect who specializes in dense burial design, told AP. "If we have already agreed to live one on top of the other, then we can die one on top of the other." http://theweek.com/speedreads/index/270100/speedreads-israel-is-building-vertical-cemeteries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 silly people...cremation have existed for years as a standard practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Cremation...Israel... :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Cremation...Israel... :think:well yes...gas chambers wouldn't really work....no offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
212eta Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 well yes...gas chambers wouldn't really work....no offenstoo bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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