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For International Women’s Day: Women Remembered in Jewish Ritual Art

Radauti, Romania: women’s gravestones with candlesticks   We’re marking March 8 — International Women’s Day — by saluting the way Jewish women are remembered in visual terms: in this case, the way women are portrayed in Jewish funerary art. Jewish … continue reading →

Ukraine: Drone video of newly restored roof of Chernivtsi pre-burial house

      Drone video can be overused — but in this case it provides a spectacular view of the recently completed, German-funded restoration of the domed roof of the Ceremonial Hall at the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. … continue reading →

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: a Photo Essay of Memorials that Personalize the Shoah

  January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated … continue reading →

Poland: “Clear and not Clear Enough” at Płaszów (crosspost)

For eight years, the photographer and writer Jason Francisco has been been photographing and writing about the complications of the site of the Płaszów Nazi labor/concentration camp in Kraków. In a new text-and-photo essay on his web site, his discusses … continue reading →