The small town of Venosa lies amid barren terrain in an out-of-the-way part of southern Italy, but it is the site of a rich trove of Jewish heritage sites — including catacombs — that shed important light on Jewish life … continue reading →
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has inaugurated a new web site dedicated to its ongoing, EU co-funded survey and mapping project of 1,500 Jewish cemeteries in five countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The site includes an open … continue reading →
The Center for Urban History in Lviv has posted on its web site an informative virtual tour of Holocaust sites in the city. It is part of the Center’s “Lviv Interactive” project and was designed on the basis of the … continue reading →
A news site in Belarus, planetbelarus.by, has published a photo essay of 10 surviving synagogue buildings around the country — check it out! The synagogues in the photo essay include those in: Slonim Bykhov Ruzhany Stolin Grodno Kobryn Luzhki Ashmiany … continue reading →
Two interactive online resources of the Danish Jewish Museum in Copenhagen provide entry into Jewish history and heritage, via clickable maps that furnish information about Jewish communities and individuals, as well as heritage sites and places where heritage sites once … continue reading →
