The inimitable Meylakh Sheykhet is interviewed and profiled in the Canadian Jewish News in an article by Sheldon Kirshner highlighting his work preserving Jewish cemeteries and mass grave sites in Ukraine. “We are obliged to do this,” he said … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports that fragments of gravestones from the long-demolished Jewish cemetery in the town of Radziejow were discovered at the beginning of January. They had long paved the floor of a private workshop. The Virtual Shtetl team reported … continue reading →
In his blog on Jewish art and monuments, Sam Gruber reports on the new agreement signed last month between the U.S. and Kosovo aimed to protect cultural heritage sites, especially of religious and ethnic minorities. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham … continue reading →
According to the Penza News, a major restoration project begun in 2008 at the more than century-old Jewish cemetery in Penza, 625 km southeast of Moscow, is nearing completion. The project entailed erecting a new gate, clearing refuse and … continue reading →
Vandals have toppled or damaged about 10 gravestones at the historic Jewish cemetery in the village of Puklice, near Jihlava in Moravia.The cemetery, listed as a national cultural monument, was probably founded in the 15th century; the oldest legible gravestone … continue reading →
