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UK Call for volunteers: London cemetery online and on-site documentation training workshop

Are you in London and interested in both documenting a historic Jewish cemetery — and learning how to do so? If so, you can join an online and on-site volunteer program to document the Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in Hackney, … continue reading →

Italy update: Perugia’s tiny Old Jewish Cemetery was cleaned up — but the eternal question of maintenance to combat vegetation remains….

Back in February, we posted about what can happen if a beautifully cleaned and restored cemetery does not receive regular maintenance. The example was the tiny Old Jewish Cemetery in Perugia, capital of the Umbria region of central Italy. The … continue reading →

Poland: The Jewish cemetery in Mszana Dolna is ceremonially reopened after restoration of the fence and matzevot is completed

After months of work, the Jewish cemetery in Mszana Dolna, a small town south of Krakow, was ceremonially reopened after completion of the repair of its fence and the renovation of 22 matzevot. The work was carried out by the … continue reading →

Call for Applications: NGO documentation and work on cemeteries in Poland’s southeastern Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships

Jewish cemetery, Baligrod, Poland

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for grants to NGOs to preserve and document historic cemeteries (including Jewish cemeteries) in the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships in the southeast corner of Poland on the border with Ukraine. Deadline … continue reading →

Call for Nominations: World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. Deadline for submission is September 5

Nominations are now open for the 2026 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize — a biennial award recognizing outstanding achievements in saving structures emblematic of the modernist architectural movement.   Deadline for submissions is September 5.  The prize includes a cash … continue reading →