It’s Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower. It is the custom to reflect on our … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or … continue reading →
Rare ceramic tombstones are undergoing restoration as part of a general ongoing project to restore. maintain, and document the historic Jewish cemetery in Tata. Three ceramic grave markers belonging to Áron Mózes Fischer (1796-1861) and members of his family were … continue reading →
Each year we post several roundups of Jewish cemetery cleanups in countries all over Europe. In these round-ups, we show how hundreds of volunteers and others clean, restore, and maintain Jewish cemeteries around Europe — actions that are generally ignored … continue reading →
The main entry gate and walls of the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok have been rebuilt and refurbished, in a project carried out by the city of Białystok in collaboration with the Białystok Cemetery Restoration Fund (BCRF), with input from the … continue reading →
