Jewish Heritage Europe

Resources: Index of Center for Jewish Art Collection now fully digitalized and online

After six years of work, the digitalization of more than 250,000 items in The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art has been completed, and the entire collection, including images of Jewish cemeteries and Jewish ritual architecture, as well as ritual … continue reading →

Lithuania: cemetery work in Kaunas

  Work has been going on in Kaunas to clean up and complete the documentation of the long-neglected Žaliakalnis Jewish cemetery and also to research the site of World War II mass graves. The cemetery documentation is being carried out … continue reading →

Ireland: Ireland’s oldest Jewish cemetery transferred to Dublin City Council

    Ireland’s oldest Jewish cemetery, the Ballybough Jewish cemetery in the Fairview section of northeast Dublin, has been handed over to the Dublin City Council for care, management, and maintenance, according to the Irish Times. Located behind a wall … continue reading →