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Call for Papers: Urban and Rural Jewish Cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe – History, Research, and Valuation. Alba Iulia, Romania and online. October 19–22, 2025. Deadline for submission, September 1. 

Restored matzevot in the Alba Iulia Jewish cemetery

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the international conference: Urban and Rural Jewish Cemeteries in Central and Eastern Europe:  History, Research, and Valuation  October 19–22, 2025  Deadline for submission is September 1. Contributions are invited that … continue reading →

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Call for Applications: 12th edition of the annual conservation and restoration summer work camp in the old Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, July 21-30.

Can you get to west-central Romania this summer? Applications are open for participants in the 12th edition of the annual conservation and restoration summer work camp in the old Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, July 21-30. The camp focus includes restoration … continue reading →

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New Have Your Say by Sergey Kanovich: “Brothers and Sisters in Arms, of Memory. ” German soldiers help clean-up a Jewish cemetery in Lithuania

A German soldiers cleans a matzeva in the Jewish cemetery of Dr. Cornelius , Lithuania Photo courtesy of Sergey Kanovich

For four days in mid-June, about 150 soldiers from the German Bundeswehr’s 45th Panzer Brigade joined members of the Maceva Jewish cemetery preservation group to clean up the old Jewish cemetery and Holocaust monument in Merkinė, in southeast Lithuania. The … continue reading →

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Moldova: Clarifications from the director of the Moldova Jewish History Museum about the recent vandalism at the Jewish cemetery in Chișinău

Funeral hall, Jewish cemetery in Chisinau. Photo courtesy of Irina Shihova

Much has been reported in then media about a desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Chișinău in recent days. We post here, as a Public Service Announcement, clarifications about the incident (and corrections) from Irina Shikhova, the director of the … continue reading →

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Poland: See pix and video of Sunday’s volunteer cleanup at the sprawling Jewish cemetery in Łódź

Volunteers clean the Jewish cemetery in Łódź, Poland, June 15, 2025

It was hot on Sunday in Łódź, Poland, but a dedicated group of volunteers — mainly high school kids — worked enthusiastically to clear part of the vast Jewish cemetery of undergrowth and saplings. It was one of the regular … continue reading →

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