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Lithuania — Three Jewish Cemeteries to Be Restored

  MACEVA, the non-profit organization founded by Lithuanian psychologist Aleksandr Avramenko and Lithuanian author Sergey Kanovich, has announced that it is digitizing, reconstructing and cleaning three more abandonded Jewish cemetery sites in Lithuania: the cemeteries in Pabrade, Dieveniskes and Utena. … continue reading →

Germany — Former Jewish Girls School in Berlin is now a chic culture center

    The Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule,  a former Jewish girls’ school in Berlin, has been transformed and reopened as an arts and dining center — one that includes exhibition spaces, galleries,  and even a kosher restaurant that offers Shabbat meals. … continue reading →

Preserving Jewish Heritage in Poland

  The Forward runs a lengthy article about non-Jewish Poles who preserve and protect Jewish heritage. The focus of the article, by Don Snyder, is on the work of the “School of Dialogue,” a project of the Polish non-profit Forum … continue reading →

Poland: Debates over planned demolition of historic Jewish communal building in Warsaw

Debates  have been going on in Warsaw over the Jewish community’s planned demolition of the Jewish community building  at Twarda 6, one of the few 19th century buildings to survive in that part of the city, to make way for … continue reading →