Today, April 19, marks the 81st anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Ghetto, as well as the Uprising and its fighters, are commemorated in various places on-site and elsewhere — the main memorial is the grand … continue reading →
Registration is open for volunteers to take part in the annual clean-up and restoration camp at the historic Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, Romania. This year it will take place from July 4-12. Places are limited, so register soon. Registrations … continue reading →
We have posted a number of times about the former synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and the project to create there a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre, spearheaded by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. Here’s another aspect of the Jewish heritage … continue reading →
Want to volunteer this summer to help clean up a Jewish cemetery in Poland? The Matzevah Foundation (TMF) has announced its cemetery clean-up projects for this summer. There are doing some together with other organisations, but there are two where … continue reading →
The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev) has recently uploaded a fascinating new resource — the photographic archives of Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of … continue reading →
