Unknown vandals defaced a tomb and Holocaust monuments at the Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew, Poland with anti-semitic graffiti and pro-ISIS slogans The graffiti, believed to have been spray-painted Sunday night, included the Star of David on a gallows, a swastika, the number 88 (a code for … continue reading →
We are pleased to publish our first “Have Your Say” article — The Great Maharsha Synagogue in Ostroh: Memory and Oblivion. Have we reached the point of no return? by Dr. Sergey R. Kravtsov, of the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew … continue reading →
The Associated Press runs a type of story that we often see reported from Poland — but this time it’s taking place in the Czech Republic. That is, a project to recover headstones that had been uprooted from a Jewish … continue reading →
Here is a crosspost from a piece on Sam Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments blog — Concrete Tombstones, The “Poor Cousins” of Matzevot Typology — in which he considers the use of concrete in constructing Jewish gravestones — and the … continue reading →
In the news this month have been the rededication of two Jewish cemeteries Poland after restoration — but also the desecration of two Jewish cemeteries, on in the Czech Republic and one in Austria. The restored Jewish cemeteries in Józefów Biłgorajski … continue reading →
