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Action Reconciliation cemetery program in Chernivtsi
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, the German volunteer organization that, among other things, sends volunteers to clean up and maintain Jewish cemeteries, has announced its annual “summer camp”...
View ArticleDovid Katz: On the Use & Misuse of Jewish Gravestones & Memory
In our In Focus section on Issues, we post a link to a powerful op-ed in the Times of Israel by the Yiddishist Dovid Katz about the use and misuse of Jewish gravestones and memory. He focuses on one...
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Appeal to help restore Jewish cemeteries in Dukla, Poland
An appeal has been launched to raise funds for the step by step restoration of the two Jewish cemeteries in Dukla, Poland. Robert Szczepanik, who lives in Dukla, reports that the two Jewish...
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Jewish heritage sites, art & poetry
We find it fascinating to look at how artists and writers have been inspired by the power of place and imagery of Jewish heritage sites over the centuries. The examples are legion. The Old Jewish...
View ArticleDocumentation of recovered matzevot in Wronki, Poland
Virtual Shtetl has reported that the first stage of the documentation of hundreds of matzevot (gravestones) that were discovered in 2011 near the town of Wronki has concluded. Seven hundred and forty...
View ArticleFull results of the Weissensee cemetery documentation published
The complete results of the documentation of the Weissensee Jewish cemetery in Berlin have been published as 115.628 Berliners. The Weißensee Jewish Cemetery – Documentation of the Comprehensive Survey...
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Forgotten old Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi found
Christian Herrmann, on his Vanished World blog, reports on remnants of a Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) Ukraine that predates the vast cemetery that still exists there. Today’s Jewish...
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Pesaro, Italy, Jewish Heritage Sites Open to Visitors
The Jewish heritage sites in Pesaro, on Italy’s Adriatic coast, will be opened to visitors from now until the end of September, but — as in previous years — only on one afternoon a week. Sites include...
View ArticleHazards of visiting old cemeteries department….
In the “hazards of visiting overgrown Jewish cemeteries” department…. Luis Cicerone describes on his “TravelTooth” blog being chased by feral dogs in one of Bucharest’s Jewish cemeteries… Stray dogs...
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Lo Tishkach and Ukrainian VAAD Jewish cemetery survey
Lo Tishkach, the massive Jewish cemetery survey and database project, has announced expanded research and documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Jewish VAAD...
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Jewish gravestones discovered in Polish town
About 150 Jewish gravestones dating back to the 18th century have been discovered during renovation of the main market square in Poddebice, in central Poland. An archeologist quoted in local media say...
View ArticleVandalism in Jewish cemetery in Subotica, Serbia
Vandals toppled, damaged or destroyed 39 grave markers in the Jewish cemetery in Subotica, Serbia last week — the vandalism is believed to have taken place the night of July 10. The web site...
View ArticleCemetery borders at Babyn Yar
Meylakh Sheykhet in L’viv writes that a scientific commission at the Ukrainian ministry of culture, at a meeting July 25, approved the boundaries of several cemeteries at Babyn Yar (Babi Yar), the...
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Lithuania: Interview with director of Maceva
The English-language Lithuania Tribune runs a lengthy interview with Sergey Kanovich, one of the founders and directors of Maceva, a non-profit that organizes volunteers to document and maintain Jewish...
View ArticleJewish cemetery clean-up in Myslowice, Poland
Clean-up and restoration work starts Aug. 1 in the Jewish cemetery in Myslowice, in southern Poland, thanks to pressure on municipal authorities by local citizens and activists, writes the Gazeta...
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Cemetery restoration/preservation notes
Notes on recent (or ongoing) cemetery restoration and preservation projects around Europe On his Vanished World blog, Christian Herrmann reports on the start August 9 of the SVIT work camp to clean up...
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Open Doors at Jewish Cemetery in Moinesti, Romania
The public is invited to “open doors” events at the Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, in northeast Romania, on Sept. 6 and 8, between 4 and 6 p.m. The events are sponsored by the Leolam Jewish Heritage...
View ArticleErotic photo shoot in Polish Jewish cemetery prompts controversy
Controversy has erupted over an erotic photo shoot in the abandoned 17th century Jewish cemetery in Chęciny, in south-central Poland. Photos published on the echodnia.eu web site show a blonde model in...
View ArticleBuried matzevot found at Jonava, Lithuania
The Jewish cemetery at Jonava, Lithuania, is listed as a Cultural Heritage site and one of the best preserved and best maintained in Lithuania, but discoveries are still being made there. Within the...
View ArticleRestoration of 17th century Jewish cemetery in Bidache, France
Restoration work began in August on the 17th century Sephardic cemetery in Bidache, in southwestern France, just east of Bayonne and near the Spanish border. According to the news site sudouest.fr, the...
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