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Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups 2025 — Round-up #2. More than 100 initiatives in 15 countries. (We know we’ve missed some, so please add in the comments)

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

Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups — Our second round-up of initiatives for 2025. More than 100 actions from 15 countries At the beginning of May, we published the first round-up for 2025 showcasing some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place … continue reading →

Poland: Mazel Tov! This year’s Preserving Memory Awards are presented to honor non-Jewish Poles — including 2 young children — who preserve, protect, and promote Jewish cultural heritage and memory

Mazel tov! Ten non-Jewish Polish activists are recognized this year for their work in preserving, promoting, and caring for Jewish culture and heritage in Poland and promoting Jewish-Polish dialogue.  They are the recipients of the 28th annual Preserving Memory Awards, … continue reading →

Call for Applications: JewishGen’s L’Dor V’Dor Legacy Program for university students. Jewish heritage education and opportunity to help clean-up and preserve a Jewish cemetery in Poland

A gravestone in the Jewish cemetery in Lodz

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for JewishGen’s fifth annual Bennett and Robin Greenspan L’Dor V’Dor Legacy Program for university students, to take place from July 1, 2025 – July 10, 2025. The deadline for applications is February … continue reading →

Call for Participants: Jewish Cemetery Preservation Seminars/Workshops in September (in Ukraine and Romania) and August (in Hungary)

Eroded gravestones in the Făgăraș, România Jewish cemetery

Two workshops/seminars/programs dealing with the preservation of Jewish cemeteries take place at the same time in September — one in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (September 23-24) and one in and around Făgăraş, Romania (September 23-30). They are quite different in scope, but … continue reading →

Poland: Herman Storick z”l 1929-2024. An American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village, Jeleniewo

Herman Storck z"l Screen grab

Herman Storick, an American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village in northern Poland, has died, aged 94. He lived for many years in Larchmont, NY, and had recently moved to Georgia. … continue reading →