Volunteer cleanup action of the Okopowa st Jewish cemetery
Another of the regular volunteer Jewish cemetery clean-ups at the Okopowa st. Jewish cemetery in Warsaw.
Turn up ready to work — the weather forecast is good!
The latest in the regular volunteer clean up initiatives at the Okopowa st. Jewish cemetery.
Volunteers are welcome for a clean-up session at the Jewish cemetery. People who physically cannot work are also invited, and will be able to learn about the place and local Jewish history.
Bring rakes and other equipment if you like.
The latest of the regular volunteer clean up sessions at the vast Okopowa st Jewish cemetery. Come one, come all!
The clean-up will be carried out with the participation of local scouts and representatives of the Municipality of Rymanów, as well as residents of the city, friends of the Rejwach Foundation and Leaders of Dialogue from Podkarpacie Region.
Volunteers welcome!
The organizers of the action are: FODZ (Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland), the Rejwach Foundation and Leaders of Dialogue.
The next regular volunteer cleanup at the Okopowa St Jewish cemetery in Warsaw. Come one, come all!
The 30th Krakow Jewish Culture Festival will take place on-site and also on-line.
Live-streamed events can be accessed on the new website: 30.jewishfestival.pl
They include the events held in the JCF Tent, concerts organized in the Museum of Urban Engineering, Collegium Maius and the Tempel synagogue.
After the end of the live stream, they will be able to be accessed in the event archives.
The Jewish Cemetery in Częstochowa is one of the largest cemeteries in Poland. It covers about 8 hectares and 4,000 – 5,000 people are buried there. There are also mass graves from the Second World War.
The clean-up will take place in accordance with Polish law and Jewish law regarding the cleaning up of cemeteries.
Planned works are: cutting small bushes and self-seeding, removing branches, raking leaves.
Trees whose trunk circumference exceeds 50 cm measured at a height of 5 cm from the ground will not be cut.
Tools and water will be provided.
The cleanup is organized by the NGOs Ludzie, Nie Liczby-People, Not Numbers and Strażnicy Pamięci. Guardians of Remembrance under the patronage of the Association of Częstochowa Jews in Israel and its chairman Alon Goldman and with the consent of the Chevra Kadisha Brotherhood at the Jewish Community in Katowice.
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