(JHE) — Several disturbing incidents of vandalism at Jewish heritage sites, including cemeteries, grabbed headlines in recent weeks. But — as usual –there was almost no media coverage of the many more efforts at preservation and restoration. We try to … continue reading →
An agreement signed last month paves the way for work to start on creating a Holocaust memorial incorporating the hundreds of matzevot that were rescued from around Brest and which have been piled up and stored for years. The matzevot … continue reading →
(JHE) — The vandals who smashed windows of the former synagogue in the town of Orăștie in Transylvania were kids aged 9 to 14, police say. There is no active Jewish community in Orăștie, and the 19th century building is … continue reading →
(JHE) — Police have tracked down and detained three local children — two 12-year-olds and a 13-year-old — for devastating dozens of gravestones at the Jewish cemetery in Bielsko-Biala, southern Poland, over the weekend. The boys were arrested Sunday, … continue reading →
Following an agreement reached last summer, the Italian government allocated €6.5 million for work to be carried out – under Halachic supervision – at the site of a centuries’-old Jewish cemetery in Mantova so that a major urban regeneration project,”Mantova … continue reading →
