A map pinpointing the location of more than 130 synagogues, shtibls, and Jewish prayer houses that stood in Vilnius before the Holocaust has been published. Today, only two synagogues (recognizable as synagogues) still stand in the city — the Choral … continue reading →
An Austrian couple from Vienna has bought a 19th century Jewish gravestone they saw advertised online and have returned it to an Austrian Jewish community. According to the Heute news site, the couple purchased the gravestone of one Lev Unger, … continue reading →
Surveys aimed to determine “with certainty” the borders of the old Jewish cemetery in Mantova and to carry out archeological surveys in the area there where the city of Mantova intends to site a major development project, the Mantova … continue reading →
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has announced a “vast research and monitoring project” of Jewish cemeteries across the historic Bucovina regiona, which today straddles Chernivtsi oblast in southern Ukraine as well as parts of northern Moldova and northern … continue reading →
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative reports that it will begin work in early May on a special project, funded by Germany, to renovate the roof of the pre-burial house (Bet Tahara) at the Jewish Cemetery of Chernivtsi (Chernowitz) … continue reading →
