This is major — a vast Digitized Database of Turkish Jewish Cemeteries has just been launched online and made available to the public by the Goldstein Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University. Called A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries … continue reading →
The Jewish Cultural Heritage Initiative (JCHI) — a joint project of the London-based Foundation for Jewish Heritage (FJH) and the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)— has completed an initial assessment of present and past Jewish heritage sites in Iraq … continue reading →
Activists in Poznan, Poland are seeking funds to erect information signage at the artificial Lake Rusałka — a popular local resort that was built during WW2 by Jewish prisoners and Polish forced laborers. As we wrote in November, the city … continue reading →
Winners of the 2020 European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards include two Holocaust/Jewish heritage projects: the newly digitized Arolsen Archives Online portal; and the exhibit Auschwitz: Not long ago. Not far away (Poland/Spain). The Awards, launched in 2002 and funded by … continue reading →
The Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation Foundation (CDEC) is Italy’s main research institution on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism, but thanks to a growing digital library project launched in 2015 it is also a key online source of visual and archival … continue reading →
