The Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe has announced the launch of a new initiative — the European Jewish Cemeteries Advisory Network (EJCAN).
The launch coincides with the launch of JHE’s new JHE Jewish Cemetery Forum, a dedicated section of our web site pulling together news, information, resources, and insights on Jewish heritage preservation, restoration, research, and study.
EJCAN is a group of more than 30 international experts representing a range of professional skills and expertise related to Jewish cemeteries who can be contacted for advice on a number of issues. These include (but are not limited to):
— maintenance of burial grounds
— cleaning of tombstones
— documentation of tombstones and epigraphy
— protection of boundaries
— Halachic (Jewish law) questions
— visitor access to cemeteries
— religious pilgrimage
— restitution issues where relevant
— commemoration ceremonies
— archaeological implications of cemeteries
— modern buildings on cemeteries, etc.
If you have a specific query for EJCAN, please email cemeteries@rothschildfoundation.eu
Please note:
— EJCAN does not handle genealogy research or queries
— the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe does not fund the maintenance, restoration or documentation of burial grounds.
Click here for further information on EJCAN
The launch of EJCAN follows directly on from an international cross-disciplinary conference in Vilnius in October 2015, which was supported by the Foundation, and where the preservation, restoration and documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Europe was widely discussed.