At the beginning of May and in mid-July we published our first and second round-ups for 2025, showcasing some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a third round-up … continue reading →
The Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, the “festival of booths,” starts tonight and lasts a week. It is both a harvest festival and a commemoration of the years Jews spent wandering in the desert in Biblical times. Jews traditionally build temporary … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Johannes Reiss, former longtime director of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt, who has received a lifetime achievement award from Austria’s Burgenland region. Reiss was awarded the Simon-Goldberger Prize for memory and memorial culture, commemorative category “for … continue reading →
Restoration of the facade and roof of the monumental Great Choral Synagogue in St. Petersburg has begun. Scaffolding began to go up in June, and work should be finished in 2027. The work will entail restoration of the synagogue’s … continue reading →
Work has begun on the renovation of the pre-burial house at the Jewish cemetery in Pszczyna. Built in 1888 and designed by the local builder Ernst Betz, the low, red brick building with an arched entrance between round windows, is … continue reading →
