Restoration work is beginning at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Zaliakalnis in Kaunas, Lithuania, the online news site delfi.lt reports. As we reported in August, the Municipality of Kaunas signed a cooperation agreement with Maceva, an NGO devoted to documenting and maintaining Jewish cemeteries … continue reading →
We are happy to forward this call for volunteers for a major Jewish cemetery documentation project — even if it is not in Europe! JAMAICAN JEWISH CEMETERY DOCUMENTATION Jamaica, West Indies January 17 – 23, 2016 Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions will … continue reading →
During a visit to Israel this week, Lithuania’s prime minister pledged that all Jewish cemeteries Lithuania would be “memorialized and marked” by 2017. “Let me reassure you that the history of Lithuanian Jews and [their] memorials are very important to … continue reading →
People become involved with Jewish heritage — Jewish built heritage — in many ways: as scholars, as researchers, as archaeologists, as documentarians, as genealogists and seekers of family history, as historians, as historic preservationists…. on and on. Based in … continue reading →
A tribute book honoring the memory and work of the pioneering Czech Jewish heritage researcher Jiří Fiedler, who along with his wife was brutally murdered in Prague last year, has been published. Called Archivist on a Bicycle, it was published … continue reading →
