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 Papers: Cemeteries Colloquium May 23, 2025. Deadline for submission May 2, 2025 We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the 26th Cemeteries Colloquium, to take place May 23, 2025 in York, UK. Deadline for abstract … continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
