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Hungary-Romania: The photo archive of Lajos Erdélyi, who pioneered documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Romania, is uploaded online by the Hungarian Jewish Museum

Cemetery book by Lajos Erdélyi

The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev) has recently uploaded a fascinating new resource — the photographic archives of  Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of … continue reading →

Poland: Herman Storick z”l 1929-2024. An American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village, Jeleniewo

Herman Storck z"l Screen grab

Herman Storick, an American descendant of Polish Jews who worked to save the Jewish cemetery in his ancestral village in northern Poland, has died, aged 94. He lived for many years in Larchmont, NY, and had recently moved to Georgia. … continue reading →

Romania: Full index of the historic Jewish cemetery in Suceava is now online

Old Jewish cemetery Suceava, 1991. Gravestone of Zvi Hirsch Barber, 1852

The full indexed catalog of the burials in the historic Old Jewish Cemetery in Suceava, in the Bukovina region of northern Romania, is now online, on the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina (JGB) web site. The cemetery is one of the … continue reading →

Call for Applications: 4-year President’s Fellowship PhD scholarship at the Department of Jewish Art, Bar Ilan University

Ceiling of the restored Kupa synagogue, Krakow

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for the noted 4- year President’s Fellowship PhD scholarship at the Department of Jewish Art, Bar Ilan University. Submission deadline March 10th, 2024  – – – The Department of Jewish Art … continue reading →

Call for Applications: JewishGen Neshama Travel & Preservation Program. July 30-August 8. Applications due by March 31

Readers often ask how and when they can help restore or clean up a Jewish cemetery, so we are pleased to share this call for applications for a 10 day travel and study trip in Poland that will allow participants … continue reading →