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Ukraine: stunning video of the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi powerfully evokes the image of surviving Jewish cemeteries as a “Tribe of Stones”

In her ground-breaking 1983 book “Time of Stones,” the first photo and text book about abandoned Jewish cemeteries published in Poland after WW2, Monika Krajewska quoted the poet Anna Kamienska as describing surviving Jewish cemeteries as a “Tribe of Stones:” … continue reading →

Turkey update: An online conference Oct. 18-19 officially launches the huge interactive database of Jewish cemeteries in Turkey

We’re happy to share the link about the live online conference next week that will officially launch the massive website and digital database of Jewish cemeteries in Turkey, A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries in Turkey 1583-1990.   The database and … continue reading →

Call for submissions: Spring 2022 issue of “AJS Perspectives” (the “Travel Issue”) — original essays, roundtables, and art submissions on the theme of travel. 

We’re pleased to share this call for submissions to the Spring 2022 issue of  AJS Perspectives, titled “The Travel Issue.” The editors invite original essays, roundtables, and art submissions on the theme of travel.  There is a lot of scope … continue reading →