A quick round-up of some recent Jewish cemetery developments: GOOD (AND GOODISH) NEWS Restored Cemetery The Jewish cemetery in Głogów Małopolski, Poland was rededicated on May 12 after fencing and restoration work. The work included the reconstruction of an … continue reading →
A new, two-volume English-language work documents the more than 1,300 synagogues and prayer houses destroyed on Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom the night of November 9, 1938. The print edition, Pogrom Night 1938 – A Memorial to the Destroyed Synagogues of … continue reading →
In December, we carried Virtual Shtetl’s report on the good chance that the vacant synagogue in Cieszanów, southeast Poland, will be restored by the city for use as a cultural center. Built in 1889 and used as a grains storehouse after World … continue reading →
There’s is still a month left to see Bejt Olam — an ongoing temporary exhibit on the 17th century Jewish cemetery in Břeclav, Czech Republic. It is displayed in the Municipal Museum — which is sited in the town’s former synagogue. … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Lesley Weiss, the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, who was presented with the U.S. annual Jewish Heritage Celebration’s Jewish Heritage Appreciation Award. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) presented the … continue reading →
