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Romania: Film about Jewish cemetery restoration in Alba Iulia

    The Municipality of Alba Iulia, Romania, has prepared a video about the town’s Jewish heritage sites — synagogue and Jewish cemetery — focusing in particular on the large and historic cemetery the city’s current efforts and future plans for … continue reading →

Abandoned Jewish cemeteries: not just in Europe!

  Every so often, we post an item to remind readers that the challenges of dealing with abandoned Jewish cemeteries — while widespread and uphill in post-Holocaust, post-Communist Europe — also exist elsewhere. Recent articles — with pictures — detail the … continue reading →

Prague Jewish Museum: New video series about its exhibits

  The Prague Jewish Museum has recently posted the first five of a projected 10  brief promotional videos aimed at giving a visual introduction to the museum, its venues, its activities and its collections. So far, the videos, each about … continue reading →

Historic images of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe from An-sky expeditions

  We would like to signal an extraordinary four-part series of videos put together by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter based on the collections of the Jewish author, playwright and researcher S. An-sky, who led a series of ethnographic expeditions in 1912-1914 … continue reading →