Jewish Heritage Europe focuses, well, on Europe. It is often easy to forget — or not even realize — that analogous preservation challenges exist also in the United States and elsewhere, regarding Jewish and non-Jewish built heritage. Cemeteries, cemetery … continue reading →
People become involved with Jewish heritage — Jewish built heritage — in many ways: as scholars, as researchers, as archaeologists, as documentarians, as genealogists and seekers of family history, as historians, as historic preservationists…. on and on. Based in … continue reading →
This month, for the fifth year in a row, an international group of (mainly) young volunteers is carrying out ongoing restoration and documentation works on the Jewish cemetery in Bayonne, France — founded in the 17th century and one … continue reading →
An agreement has been signed to guaranteed the preservation of the historic Jewish cemetery in Bitola, Macedonia. According to the news site Republika.mk, the mayor of Bitola and Israeli ambassador to Macedonia Dan Orian signed a declaration to protect and … continue reading →
The Jewish community in Vilnius will not extend the contract of its chief rabbi, Chaim Burshtein, and Burshtein’s public opposition to government construction on the site of the city’s Snipiskes Old Jewish Cemetery, which the Jewish community supports, appears … continue reading →
