(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 →
We’re a little late in sharing this Call, but there’s still time to apply for the 27th edition of the Thesaurus Poloniae scholarship program of the International Cultural Centre (ICC) in Krakow. The initiative is addressed to foreign researchers of … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this CfP for an important conference on Jewish built heritage. Jewish or Common Heritage? (Dis-)appropriation of Synagogue Architecture in East-Central Europe since 1945 Date: 12-14 September 2023 Organizers: Kamila Lenartowicz, Zuzanna Światowy (Bet Tfila – … 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 →
