One one level, it’s black humor: A crematorium was set on fire. (You mean a crematorium can be burned? Who knew?) On other levels, this is a story that just feels—wrong.
A fire broke out Wednesday evening at a crematorium located in the community of Hibat Tzion in the Sharon region. Firefighters dispatched to the scene extinguished the flames; no injuries were reported.
Signs of forced entry were apparent, increasing suspicions that the fire was not accidental.
See, the black humor is everywhere in this story, because I’m thinking the line above me is a Duh! moment.
The location of the crematorium, the first ever to be built in Israel, was revealed Wednesday morning by an Orthodox newspaper Kav Itonut Datit, which is distributed in the city of Bnei Brak.
Until now the funeral home that owns the crematorium, Alei Shalechet, kept the location secret fearing it would be attacked by elements opposed to cremation.
After hearing of the fire, Meshi Zahav, who visited the crematorium on Tuesday, told Ynet that he “blesses the person who (set the crematorium on fire)â€, adding that ZAKA has been fighting against the cremation of Jewish people’s bodies all over the world and that it was “inconceivable that this custom exists in Israelâ€.
Presence revealed Wednesday, religious Jews protest, set on fire Wednesday night. Check. But here is where that black humor comes right back in:
“The purpose of the crematorium is to burn, so now – an eye for an eye – it has fulfilled its purpose,†he said.
I like this guy’s sense of humor. I’m not in any way condoning the destruction of someone’s business. But I find this story a tiny bit amusing, in a bizarre sort of way.