Wednesday marks Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is known as “the New Year for Trees.” It is the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower. It is … continue reading →
Britain’s United Synagogue (US) has been awarded a £1.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to open the Willesden Jewish Cemetery to the public as the “House of Life” place of heritage. The award, announced on Wednesday, … continue reading →
Every so often we like to post about crowd-sourcing campaigns in aid of Jewish heritage. In Poland, the Olympic athlete Dariusz Popiela — the 2017 Polish champion in the canoe/kayak slalom and the silver medalist at the European … continue reading →
The 16-acre extension of United Synagogue’s cemetery in Bushey, northwest of London in the city’s surrounding Green Belt, won a prestigious architecture prize in November 2017, the award for best completed religious building presented at the World Architecture Festival. … continue reading →
The full report from the 9-day survey using non-invasive, ground-penetrating technology to locate Holocaust mass graves and killing sites in Rohatyn, Ukraine has been published — the 80-page report is available online. As we reported at the time, the survey, … continue reading →
