Jewish Heritage Europe

Austria: 3-year, €600,000 renovation of Klosterneuburg Jewish cemetery completed; project was in framework of federally funded Fund for the Restoration of Jewish Cemeteries in Austria

  (JHE) — A 3-year, €600,000 project to renovate and secure the Jewish cemetery in Klosterneuburg has been completed. Established in around 1873, the cemetery has 652 graves and extends over 4,000 square meters. Work took place in three phases, … continue reading →

Hungary: Second stage of state funded program sees restoration work and/or fencing of c. 50 abandoned or neglected Jewish cemeteries

(JHE) — Renovation work and fencing will go forward at around 50 abandoned or neglected Jewish cemeteries in Hungarian small towns and villages in a second phase of a state-funded program to maintain and restore  Jewish burial grounds. The Hungarian … continue reading →

Serbia: After years of legal wrangling, the synagogue in Zemun, an outlying district of Belgrade, is returned to Jewish community ownership

(JHE) — After years of legal wrangling, the synagogue in Zemun, an outlying district of Belgrade, has been restituted back to Jewish community ownership. Built in the mid-19th century, it is currently used as a restaurant. “Our Synagogue is finally … continue reading →

Poland: Mazel tov to Paweł Kulig, winner of the 2020 POLIN award — and to the runners up. Kulig cares for the vast Jewish cemetery and other Jewish heritage in Łódź

Mazel to to Paweł Kulig who has received the 2020 POLIN Award presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw! It was the sixth edition of the award.  The Awards, which include a sculpture as … continue reading →

Netherlands: At 17th century Beth Haim Portuguese Jewish Cemetery in Ouderkerk, opening of visitors center is final step in 6-year development project. Plus – 3D models are available of 100 elaborate gravestones

(JHE) — A small visitors’ center has been opened at the historic Beth Haim Portuguese Jewish cemetery in Ouderkerk, completing a development project for the cemetery launched in 2014 on the 400th anniversary of its foundation in 1614. Around 28,000 … continue reading →