Israel-based journalist Shimon Briman visited L’viv and wrote a lengthy article on the complexities and competing (and complementary) interests involved in Jewish heritage issues and preservation/commemoration strategy in that city for the Kiev newspaper The Day. Read the article, … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl has reported that the first stage of the documentation of hundreds of matzevot (gravestones) that were discovered in 2011 near the town of Wronki has concluded. Seven hundred and forty headstones or their fragments have been photographed, and … continue reading →
We find it fascinating to look at how artists and writers have been inspired by the power of place and imagery of Jewish heritage sites over the centuries. The examples are legion. The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague became the … continue reading →
An appeal has been launched to raise funds for the step by step restoration of the two Jewish cemeteries in Dukla, Poland. Robert Szczepanik, who lives in Dukla, reports that the two Jewish cemeteries in Dukla are in … continue reading →
In our In Focus section on Issues, we post a link to a powerful op-ed in the Times of Israel by the Yiddishist Dovid Katz about the use and misuse of Jewish gravestones and memory. He focuses on one cemetery … continue reading →
