The Lithuania Jewish Cemetery Project has completed the full digitalization of the Pabrades Jewish Cemetery. Photographs, epitaphs, inscriptions, translations, even a video — all now online. Mazel tov! ShareTweetSharePin
A project called Le Dor Va Dor is making inventories of Jewish cemeteries in Russia and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union. Founded by young enthusiasts in 2007, it has catalogued more than 100,000 burial places, according to an … continue reading →
The February 2012 Newsletter of Lo-Tishkach, the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, is out and contains a compendium of valuable information from the news archive of the organization’s web site. Highlights include: — Lo Tishkach to Expand Surveys into Poland … continue reading →
In his blog on Jewish art and monuments, Sam Gruber reports on the new agreement signed last month between the U.S. and Kosovo aimed to protect cultural heritage sites, especially of religious and ethnic minorities. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham … continue reading →
The U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad published its Survey of Jewish Monuments in Bulgaria on Dec. 28. Most of the information on the Bulgaria pages of the JHE website is based on material prepared for … continue reading →
