Much goes on in Poland regarding Jewish built heritage. Here are a few selected items of recent news we find of particular interest — as reported in the news section of the Virtual Shtetl web site. Permanent Jewish … continue reading →
A new promotional video highlights the campaign to restore the old Neolog Jewish cemetery in Arad, in western Romania near the border with Hungary — a vast but neglected site where some 10,000 people are buried, a number of … continue reading →
Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out three weeklong field schools this summer during which students documented Jewish material heritage and carried out interviews and other research on local Jewish history … continue reading →
Three years of extensive restoration has been completed at the 18th century Jewish cemetery in Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, about 100 km south of Amsterdam, the web site of the umbrella Netherlands Jewish Community reports. The dedication of the restored … continue reading →
A gang of up to eight youths used hammers to smash or topple more than a dozen gravestones in the Jewish cemetery of Belfast, Northern Ireland, last Friday in what appeared to be a targeted and premeditated attack. Some reports … continue reading →
