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Poland: Herman Storick z”l 1929-2024. An American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village, Jeleniewo

Herman Storck z"l Screen grab

Herman Storick, an American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village in northern Poland, has died, aged 94. He lived for many years in Larchmont, NY, and had recently moved to Georgia. … continue reading →

Romania: Full index of the historic Jewish cemetery in Suceava is now online

Old Jewish cemetery Suceava, 1991. Gravestone of Zvi Hirsch Barber, 1852

The full indexed catalog of the burials in the historic Old Jewish Cemetery in Suceava, in the Bukovina region of northern Romania, is now online, on the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina (JGB) web site. The cemetery is one of the … continue reading →

Call for Partners: Project on getting UNESCO recognition for Cemetery Culture in Europe as Intangible Cultural Heritage

Hamburg Altona, Portuguese (Sephardic) cemetery

We are pleased to share this “Call for Partners” in a German initiative regarding cemeteries in Europe aimed at obtaining UNESCO recognition for “Cemetery Culture in Europe” as  Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Call does not have many details, but there … continue reading →

JHE Photo Essay: On International Women’s Day, we remember women who themselves are remembered on their gravestones with their portraits

Portraits in the New Jewish cemetery of Sharhorod, Ukraine

Today, March 8, is marked around the world as International Women’s Day. In past years, we have marked the day with photo essays showing how women have been represented in Jewish art (click HERE for 2019 and HERE for 2018) … continue reading →

Ukraine – Long(er) Read: New Memorial Monuments Are Being Installed to Mark Jewish Cemeteries Across Ukraine — Even in Wartime

Check out the new essay in our “Long(er) Reads” section — by Vitalii Kamozin, with additional commentary by Milton Koch. It’s about the ongoing initiative to install simple, uniform memorial monuments to mark the sites of Jewish cemeteries all over … continue reading →