In its just-published report on its activities in 2016, the Litvak Cemetery Catalogue – (MACEVA) lists work carried out to document, digitize, or clean-up a number of Jewish cemeteries around Lithuania. These included: Švenčionys (Svintsyán). Among other actions, 11 … continue reading →
People in the United States now have incentives to donate for selected Jewish heritage restoration projects in Poland and Hungary — through two new fund-raising non-profits registered as 501 (c) (3) public charities qualified to receive tax deductible gifts … continue reading →
The Jewish Chronicle reports on a complex situation that has been brewing for several months in Mantova (Mantua), in northern Italy, where contested interests have raised issues over the derelict site of a centuries-old Jewish cemetery. A group of … continue reading →
Registration is open for this summer’s edition of the SVIT “work camp” — continuing years-long work in clearing and maintaining the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. This year marks the 10th anniversary of this annual volunteer action, which we … continue reading →
Local highschool student volunteers are cleaning up the small Jewish cemetery in Višegrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to Serbian researcher Jasna Ciric, a group of students from the local Ivo Andric secondary school, along with their teacher, Divna Vasić, on Tuesday repainted … continue reading →
