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Yom haShoah 2022 — April 28. Shoah memorials that name names, and personalize those who were murdered

Names on stones at the memorial in Plzen, Czech Republic

As has become our tradition for Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the many monuments that name names … continue reading →

Czech Republic: New exhibition focuses on historic Genizas in Eastern Bohemia

A fascinating new exhibition in the Czech Republic centers on hundreds of items found in genizas discovered in former synagogue buildings in eastern Bohemia. Called “Secrets of the Attic” it runs from April 7 to June 30 at the Regional … continue reading →

Ukraine: The Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization has created a virtual gallery of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv, with photos and transcriptions of epitaphs from dozens of matzevot

  Researchers of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization have created a partial virtual reconstruction of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv — creating an online gallery of historical photographs from the cemetery and detailed documentation of more than … continue reading →

Ukraine: Holocaust memorial at Drobytsky Yar near Kharkiv damaged by shelling

Russian artillery fire damaged a large Menorah sculpture that was part of the Drobytsky Yar Holocaust Memorial Park and Museum on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials and others reported. The memorial complex, opened in 2002, commemorates some 15,000 … continue reading →

Jewish Topographies: Major Online Conference on Jewish Architecture March 28-31

The last days of March will see an important Jewish heritage conference that will be accessible online, the regular “Jewish Topographies” conference organized by the Bet Tfila Research Center for Jewish Architecture in Europe at Braunschweig Technical University. Send an email … continue reading →