Prof. Heidi M. Szpek has written an illustrated special report for JHE on the work that was carried out last summer, 2017, in the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok, Poland, as part of the long-term restoration of the … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl has published a brief report summarizing the state of Jewish cemeteries, and research and documentation on Jewish cemeteries, in Poland — and also some statistics. It states that, according to the most recent research, there are some … continue reading →
The writer and photographer Jason Francisco has written a powerful text-and-photo essay called “Footprints and Footsteps” centering on his attempts to re-imagine destroyed synagogues (or another building) by closely exploring the space — in many ways now a void … continue reading →
Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out clean-up and epigraphic work this summer at the ruined and overgrown Jewish cemetery in Rashkov (Raşcov), Transnistria, whose gravestones date back to the 18th century. Raşcov … continue reading →
The Jewish Galicia and Bukovina organization carried out its latest annual Field School session with a thorough documentation of the old section of the centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Buchach, Ukraine. The team cleared thick vegetation from the site, which … continue reading →
