jhe The complex of three Victorian buildings at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London has been entered as a Grade II site on England’s National Heritage List. According to the cemetery, it marks first time that Jewish Cemetery funerary buildings … continue reading →
Announcement of a Conference: JEWISH HERITAGE TOURISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE. Organized by Beit Venezia, Jewish Heritage Europe and the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, the conference will take place in Venice, Oct. 23-25. The program is set, but … continue reading →
(During recent road trips visiting Jewish heritage sites in nearly a dozen towns in Ukraine, JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber took note of how rampant vegetation makes some Jewish cemeteries almost inaccessible and leads to further deterioration of the … continue reading →
(JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber recently visited Jewish heritage sites in more than 10 towns near Lviv in western Ukraine to observe conditions and note changes.) Much has changed at the Jewish cemetery in Rozdil, south of Lviv, since I … continue reading →
Erfurt, in eastern Germany, has a rich Jewish history, dating from medieval times, and Jewish heritage is integrated in the promotion of the town to both tourists and local people. In an interview published recently in The Forward (and … continue reading →
