Exciting event: In the old Jewish cemetery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a tombstone unveiling ceremony was held today (Monday) over a 'mass grave' of bones and skeletons collected from a construction site in the city that was established on the grounds of a Jewish cemetery - and expropriated by the authorities.
ZAKA volunteers and the staff of ZAKA's international division worked for days with dozens of workers to collect the bones, and they were buried in a "mass grave" in another cemetery in the city.
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Today, a ceremony was held to unveil the tombstone, after it was erected - and on it was written: "Here lie the bones of the Jews of the city of Cluj-Napoca who were in the ancient cemetery and were saved by ZAKA volunteers. May their reward be complete from God.".
The ceremony was attended by the rabbi of Romania, Rabbi Rafael Sheffer, the head of the Jewish community, Dorel Oranescu, the deputy mayor of Cluj-Napoca, ZAKA Director General Zvi Hasid, a delegation of ZAKA volunteers who worked at the site, senior archaeologists, and members of the Jewish community.
Rabbi Sheffer thanked the Jewish Federation in Romania and the ZAKA members who worked to save the graves.
ZAKA Director General Zvi Hasid called for continuing to save the Jewish graves over which roads were paved in Cluj-Napoca.
At the end of the ceremony and the recitation of Kaddish, a certificate of appreciation was presented to the archaeologist who accompanied the project, and those present said goodbye by singing "I Believe.".
