(JHE) — A Belarus-born artist who escaped to Poland from Ukraine has created a spectacular mural made from thousands of fragments of mirrors that extends across the outside of the wall of the Jewish cemetery in Kalisz. Titled “Source,” the … continue reading →
(JHE) — Some exciting discoveries have been made recently in Jewish cemeteries in western Ukraine — including by local high school students carrying out research in the Jewish cemetery in Horodok who revealed a matzevah bearing the rare “Three Hares” … continue reading →
The three adjacent Jewish cemeteries in Siret, in the far north of Romania on the border with Ukraine, form an extremely significant complex of Jewish burial grounds dating back centuries. The elaborately decorated matzevot from the Old Jewish Cemetery (in … continue reading →
The year 2022 has marked the 10th anniversary of Jewish Heritage Europe. The theme of our birthday celebrations has been the “Anniversary of Anniversaries” — that is, using JHE’s own anniversary to feature other significant or symbolic anniversaries. We couldn’t let the year … continue reading →
Norway’s National Heritage Directorate has included the Jewish cemetery at Sofienberg park in Oslo, the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery, in the national roster of protected monuments. “The Jewish cultural environments that we preserve represent Jewish life and history in Norway, and … continue reading →
