(JHE) — In 2022, the Tachov Archives and Museum Society (TAMUS), a Czech non-profit NGO deeply involved in documenting and preserving Jewish cemeteries and other sites, carried out detailed photo documentation of four Czech Jewish cemeteries and launched a QR … continue reading →
A tour guide in Krakow who specializes in Jewish history and culture has been tracing the sites on doorposts in the city where mezuzahs were once affixed and has developed a “mezuzah trail” of about 50 of these places to … continue reading →
(JHE) — Some exciting discoveries have been made recently in Jewish cemeteries in western Ukraine — including by local high school students carrying out research in the Jewish cemetery in Horodok who revealed a matzevah bearing the rare “Three Hares” … continue reading →
The three adjacent Jewish cemeteries in Siret, in the far north of Romania on the border with Ukraine, form an extremely significant complex of Jewish burial grounds dating back centuries. The elaborately decorated matzevot from the Old Jewish Cemetery (in … continue reading →
Attention university students in Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Ukraine! You’re eligible to enter a photography contest sponsored by the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. The competition runs from now until April 2023. “Whether it is straight documentary … continue reading →
