For collectors — what is described as an “important” collection of synagogue postcards from Europe, North Africa and the United States goes up for auction at Sotheby’s this month, with the expected price estimated at $3,000-$5,000. The collection of more … continue reading →
Researchers of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization have created a partial virtual reconstruction of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv — creating an online gallery of historical photographs from the cemetery and detailed documentation of more than … continue reading →
The Jewish community of Prague carried out the detailed photographic documentation of nearly 2,000 gravestones in several Jewish cemeteries in 2021, according to a recent report posted on the Jewish community web site. Funded as in past years by the … continue reading →
Few — if any — institutions or organizations carry out as much research, publication, and other activities related to the documentation and analysis of Jewish heritage as the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. We have highlighted … continue reading →
(JHE) — Maceva, the Litvak Cemetery Catalogue, has made available photos and translations of gravestones from more than half of Lithuania’s largest surviving Jewish cemetery, the Žaliakalnis Jewish cemetery in Kaunas. The documentation of seven out of of the 12 … continue reading →
