What is it like to volunteer for a campaign to clean-up a vast, overgrown Jewish cemetery? In this blog post, Yevhenii Shatskyi, the camp leader for this summer’s SVIT International work camp at the Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsy, Ukraine, details … continue reading →
Two books on Jewish heritage in Romania that were originally published in hardback have now come out as E-books on the i-Books platform, available via iTunes, making them finally available to a wider public. Click the blue links to get … continue reading →
Sam Gruber has written a detailed appreciation of the new monument recently dedicated at the site of the Jewish cemetery in Serock, Poland — about 40 km north of Warsaw — and we are cross-posting it here from his … continue reading →
The Jewish Cemetery in Rácalmás, Hungary has undergone restoration work with state funding, continuing work begun last year. According to an August 27 government press release, restoration work to the lower part of the cemetery was carried out with … continue reading →
For Italian speakers, two recent books highlight Jewish heritage in Italy. “Andare per Ghetti e Giudecche,” by Anna Foa (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014). “Il cimitero ebraico in Italia: Storia e architettura di uno spazio identitario,” by Andrea Morpurgo (Macerata: … continue reading →
