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 →
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 →
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 →
An all but forgotten monument on Italy’s Tuscan coast marks a little-known chapter in the early history of the state of Israel – a plane disaster on New Year’s Eve 1948 that took the lives of 13 people, including the … continue reading →
The city of Chortkiv in western Ukraine has won a grant to begin restoration of what its web site called the city’s “historical pearl” — the Hasidic synagogue, or Kloyz of the Tzaddik Rabbi David Moshe Friedmann. An announcement on … continue reading →
