Jewish Heritage Europe

10 Stars and Shtetl Routes have new websites, content

  Two Jewish heritage projects whose development we have enjoyed following (and have reported on) — the 10 Stars project in the Czech Republic and the cross-border Shtetl Routes project in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus — have just launched new, expanded … continue reading →

Slovakia: Jewish Heritage conference in Bratislava

    The Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia is organizing a conference  in Bratislava on November 9 — the anniversary of Kristallnacht — whose aim is to facilitate exchange of information about planned and already-implemented projects to preserve and restore Jewish heritage … continue reading →

European Jewish Cemeteries: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference

A cross-disciplinary conference on Jewish cemeteries in Europe, held October 25-28 in Vilnius, Lithuania, gathered some 60 experts from more than a dozen countries and touched on a wide range of topics within the broad framework of theory, policy, management, and … continue reading →

Considering Concrete Matzevot (Crosspost)

Here is a crosspost from a piece on Sam Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments blog — Concrete Tombstones, The “Poor Cousins” of Matzevot Typology —  in which he considers the use of concrete in constructing Jewish gravestones — and the … continue reading →