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Poland: An artist who escaped to Poland from Ukraine created a spectacular mirror mandala mural on the wall of the Jewish cemetery in Kalisz

(JHE) — A Belarus-born artist who escaped to Poland from Ukraine has created a spectacular mural made from thousands of fragments of mirrors  that extends across the outside of the wall of the Jewish cemetery in Kalisz.  Titled “Source,” the … continue reading →

Ukraine: Exciting discoveries — including the Three Hares motif on gravestones — as high school students research the Jewish cemetery in Horodok

(JHE) — Some exciting discoveries have been made recently in Jewish cemeteries in western Ukraine — including by local high school students carrying out research in the Jewish cemetery in Horodok who revealed a matzevah bearing the rare “Three Hares” … continue reading →

Romania: The full documentation of the two oldest of the three Jewish cemeteries in Siret is now available online, with photo galleries highlighting the magnificent carved decoration

On a gravestone in Siret, Romania, a Crown flanked by griffins, above a lion

The three adjacent Jewish cemeteries in Siret, in the far north of Romania on the border with Ukraine, form an extremely significant complex of Jewish burial grounds dating back centuries. The elaborately decorated matzevot from the Old Jewish Cemetery (in … continue reading →