A local cultural association, Alma Finalis, has launched an appeal for funds to restore the centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Finale Emilia, Italy. It hopes to raise €19,500 for the project. “The restoration is urgent; the stones will be soon … continue reading →
A crowd-sourcing campaign has been launched to create a lapidarium at the destroyed Jewish cemetery in Wronki, Poland, where hundreds of matzevot and fragments have been rescued from improper use and collected on the cemetery site. Most of the … continue reading →
The Jewish Cemetery in Rácalmás, Hungary has undergone restoration work with state funding, continuing work begun last year. According to an August 27 government press release, restoration work to the lower part of the cemetery was carried out with … continue reading →
Thanks to a grant for archival preservation, a volunteer clean-up operation, and a series of scheduled cultural and religious events, the synagogue in Medias in Romania is slowly coming back to life. Built in around 1897, the synagogue … continue reading →
A thoughtful article in the Financial Times by Gillian Tett asks important questions about heritage — how it is defined, and who does, and should, define and control it. The article is headlined “The Battle for British Heritage,” and Tett writes specifically … continue reading →
