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Poland: Opportunities to volunteer to help clean up a Jewish cemetery this summer

A volunteer washes a matzevah during the workshop in 2022. Photo: courtesy Heidi M. Szpek/BCRP

People often want to know how they can volunteer to help clean up a Jewish cemetery. Several volunteer opportunities for this coming summer have already been announced: Białystok The Białystok Cemetery Restoration Fund (BCRF) welcomes volunteers for its 2025 annual … continue reading →

Call for Applications: JewishGen’s L’Dor V’Dor Legacy Program for university students. Jewish heritage education and opportunity to help clean-up and preserve a Jewish cemetery in Poland

A gravestone in the Jewish cemetery in Lodz

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for JewishGen’s fifth annual Bennett and Robin Greenspan L’Dor V’Dor Legacy Program for university students, to take place from July 1, 2025 – July 10, 2025. The deadline for applications is February … continue reading →

Italy: Agreement with state recognizes Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) as sole Jewish authority over activities related to Jewish cemeteries discovered during archaeological work

In the villa Torlonia catacombs, Rome. Photo: Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in Itay

The Italian government has signed an agreement with the umbrella Union of Italian Jewish Communities(UCEI) that officially recognizes the UCEI as the sole Jewish institution with authority over “excavation, conservation, and restoration” activities related to Jewish cemeteries discovered during archaeological … continue reading →

UK Update: Thanks to a £190,000+ National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, restoration is beginning at Balls Pond Jewish cemetery in London, the first Reform cemetery in Britain.

Balls Pond Cemetery, London. Photo: Islington Council

Thanks to a £190,000+ grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, restoration is beginning at a Victorian Jewish cemetery in London that was the the first reform cemetery in Britain. The West London Reform Cemetery, also known as the Balls … continue reading →