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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 →

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Moldova: Clarifications from the director of the Moldova Jewish History Museum about the recent vandalism at the Jewish cemetery in Chișinău

Funeral hall, Jewish cemetery in Chisinau. Photo courtesy of Irina Shihova

Much has been reported in then media about a desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Chișinău in recent days. We post here, as a Public Service Announcement, clarifications about the incident (and corrections) from Irina Shikhova, the director of the … continue reading →

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Romania: Watch a video showing progress in the restoration of the long-ruined Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in Constanța

Restoration work  on the long-ruined Ashkenazic Great Synagogue in the Black Sea port of Constanța is progressing apace. Watch a TV News report — it’s in Romanian, but the images tell the story.   The synagogue was designed in the … continue reading →

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Poland: The sculptural pre WW2 tombs by the artist Abraham Ostrzega in Warsaw’s Okopowa Jewish Cemetery. Ostrzega was murdered in Treblinka

Ostrzega's Mausoleum of the Three Writers

Jewish cemeteries in Europe range from tiny village graveyards to sprawling city necropolises. Many of the larger urban cemeteries are noted for their elaborate family tombs — and also for monuments and mausolea designed by leading sculptors and architects. In … continue reading →

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JHE Photo Essay: Shavuot 2025 — Images of the 10 Commandments to Mark the Holiday

10 commandments above the Ark, Baia Mare, Romania

(JHE) — The festival of Shavuot, which begins tonight, marks the reception of the Torah — and Ten Commandments — at Mt. Sinai. Jews traditionally go to synagogue on Shavuot to hear the Ten Commandments read out: 1. I am the … continue reading →

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