Burial society for New York's Jewish poor faces a backlog of bodies

Like all relatives and friends who come to Mount Richmond Cemetery in Staten Island during the coronavirus pandemic for the burial of a loved one or friend, Michael Tokar was asked to wait. He sat in his car until his father’s body could be brought to the site by four workers and then placed in a grave and covered with dirt by a machine. Read more.

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