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At the beginning of May and in mid-July we published our first and second round-ups for 2025, showcasing some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a third round-up … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Call for Papers: Conferenza Internazionale “Trasformazione del patrimonio, patrimonio della trasformazione. Il cambiamento politico e il suo impatto sulle sinagoghe”, che si terrà dal 12 … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the international conference Transformation of Heritage, Heritage of Transformation. Political Change and Its Impact on Synagogues, to be held October 12–14, 2026 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. Deadline for submissions – January … continue reading →
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has published as online books its surveys of Jewish cemeteries in Poland and Slovakia. The books are published in the ISSUU format and are searchable and sharable. Both cover extant cemeteries and destroyed cemetery … continue reading →
The Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, the “festival of booths,” starts tonight and lasts a week. It is both a harvest festival and a commemoration of the years Jews spent wandering in the desert in Biblical times. Jews traditionally build temporary … continue reading →
