Jewish Heritage Europe

New Have Your Say: Saving the Mogilev (Belarus) Jewish Cemetery; Saving History, Saving Memory

Our new Have Your Say is by Ida Shenderovich​, an educator and manager of social and charity projects at the Jewish Community of Mogilev, Belarus. She writes that the preservation of the heritage and collective memory of the Jewish community … continue reading →

Hungary: students clean up part of Budapest’s vast Kozma utca Jewish cemetery

This past Sunday morning, October 27, 15 students from a Jewish highschool in Budapest gathered at the Kozma street Jewish cemetery in Budapest for the first clean-up and documentation day organized by the Friends of the Budapest Jewish cemetery, a … continue reading →

Round-up: Jewish cemetery spring and summer clean-ups

Summer is here, and even under the scorching skies of Europe’s record-breaking heat wave, the Jewish cemetery volunteer clean-up season is in full swing. There are too many initiatives and projects to note individually, so here’s a round-up of just … continue reading →

Poland: Watch volunteers organized overnight come out to paint over antisemitic graffiti at Tarnów Jewish cemetery

We feel it’s important to post this video from the Committee to Protect Jewish Heritage in Tarnów, Poland — a crowd of volunteers  organized overnight came out to paint over antisemitic graffiti that had been spray-painted on the wall of … continue reading →