New technology — ground-penetrating radar — is being used to search for the graves of tzaddikim on the site of a destroyed Jewish cemetery in Mielec, Poland, where for the past few years Chasidim have been trying to identify the … continue reading →
MACEVA, the Lithuanian Jewish cemetery project, has released its 2013 Activity Report on its efforts to digitally document and preserve Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania. It demonstrates progress — but also underscores the many challenges. There are progress reports on digitization … continue reading →
We are in the middle of the U.S. National Preservation Week — a national campaign April 26-May 3 launched by the American Library Association, the Library of Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other cultural heritage organizations … continue reading →
Marla Raucher Osborn of Gesher Galicia reports that at least 29 new Jewish headstones and fragments have been identified and recovered in Rohatyn, Ukraine, where she has been active with local people in efforts to identify Jewish headstones found … continue reading →
Two “urban exploration” web sites have posted numerous stunning — and haunting — new photographs of the abandoned, art deco Greenbank Drive synagogue in Liverpool. The photos, taken in February 2014, are on the web sites “Behind Closed Doors” and … continue reading →
