Throughout the year there are many online and in person conferences, seminars, and workshops on Jewish built heritage — we highlight some in our Calendar and some in our social media.
This webinar, May 28, could be of particular interest:
“Using Gravestones and Memorial Plaques as Research Tools: Insights from International Experts on Jewish Cemetery Research”
May 28, 2025 at 18:00 (CET) / 19:00 (EEST) / 19:00 (IDT) / 12:00 (EDT)
An international genealogical seminar on researching Jewish cemeteries — a collaboration by Yad Vashem Archives and the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF).
• JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR): Exploring Genealogy Through Cemetery Databases.
Nolan Altman, Director of Data Acquisition at JewishGen and coordinator for JewishGen’s Holocaust, JOWBR, and Memorials & Plaques databases.
• Cemeteries of Eastern Europe: Between Tradition and Modernization
Dr. Vladimir Levin, Director, Centre for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Burial Traditions of North African Jewry.
Prof. Haim Saadon, Professor Emeritus, Open University Department of Jewish History, and Director of the Documentation Center on North African Jewry in WWII.
• Yad Vashem’s Hall of Names: A Resource for Researching Memorial Stones and Plaques
Dr. Serafima Velkovich, Head of the Family Roots Research Section, Yad Vashem Archives.
• ESJF’s Work with Jewish Cemeteries: Fieldwork Insights
Dr. Kateryna Malakhova, ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative.
3 comments on “Upcoming Webinar of Interest: Using Gravestones and Memorial Plaques as Research Tools”
Correction to my reply to Sadowski Cipin :
Apparently “12345” is not long enough (must be 9 characters). So “123456789” seems to work
I would like to register for this event but do not know what ID is being requested on the application form.
I was just informed by a Yad Vashem person that any number will do — that we can type “12345′ and it will work.