A recent storm caused damage in the Suderves street Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, the only functioning Jewish cemetery in the city. The Lithuanian Jewish community reports that “many grave monuments fell down and some broke.” It did not provide further details, … continue reading →
At the end of May 2012, two major earthquakes struck northern Italy. The quakes killed at least 24 people, left thousands homeless, and caused widespread damage to art and architectural heritage. Synagogues and Jewish cemeteries were among the sites that … continue reading →
This past Spring, researchers from the Center for Jewish Art carried out an epic, more than 4,000-kilometer journey along the Volga River researching Jewish material heritage. The preliminary, 63-page report from the trip is now available online. The team, led … continue reading →
Jewish heritage sites were not spared serious damage amid the overall widespread destruction caused by the devastating flash floods that inundated parts of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in mid-July. More than 200 people died in the flooding, triggered by … continue reading →
(JHE) — UNESCO, the UN’s cultural body, has added the Jewish heritage of the so-called “ShUM cities” — Speyer, Mainz, and Worms — to its list of World Heritage sites. The three cities, all near each other on the Rhine … continue reading →
