(During recent road trips visiting Jewish heritage sites in nearly a dozen towns in Ukraine, JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber took note of how rampant vegetation makes some Jewish cemeteries almost inaccessible and leads to further deterioration of the … continue reading →
(JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber recently visited Jewish heritage sites in more than 10 towns near Lviv in western Ukraine to observe conditions and note changes.) Much has changed at the Jewish cemetery in Rozdil, south of Lviv, since I … continue reading →
Erfurt, in eastern Germany, has a rich Jewish history, dating from medieval times, and Jewish heritage is integrated in the promotion of the town to both tourists and local people. In an interview published recently in The Forward (and … continue reading →
(JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber recently visited Jewish heritage sites in more than 10 towns near Lviv in western Ukraine to observe conditions and note changes.) We didn’t know it at the time, but our visit to the town of … continue reading →
