Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: town takes steps to protect Jewish cemetery

The town of Grodzisk Mazowiecki in central Poland has taken steps to preserve its Jewish cemetery from property development and has ordered clean-up of the site to begin. Mayor  Grzegorz Benedykciński was quoted by the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper as saying there … continue reading →

Romania: Crowd-funding campaign for Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia

Finding funding for Jewish heritage projects is sometimes the most difficult part of a project. We have already highlighted some new crowd-funding campaigns for projects in Poland and Ukraine. Here’s another one — a new Indiegogo campaign just launched to … continue reading →

Sneak Peek — our next “Have Your Say” will be by Michael Lozman

  Coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek at our next “Have Your Say” op-ed, which will be a detailed personal essay by Dr. Michael Lozman, who has worked to protect and preserve more than a dozen abandoned Jewish cemeteries in Belarus and Lithuania. In … continue reading →

CZ: Boskovice Jewish cemetery mortuary reconstruction

The small, 18th century mortuary/ceremonial hall of the centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Boskovice, Czech Republic was reopened this week after a total reconstruction that capped a lengthy restoration and clean-up of the entire cemetery. Before the reconstruction the building was was an utter … continue reading →

Crowd-funding for Jewish heritage projects

Crowd-funding is increasing used to finance a wide range of projects and initiatives — and Jewish heritage work is no exception. Two major Jewish heritage projects have recently launched crowd-funding efforts.   — Space of Synagogues memorial project, L’viv, Ukraine … continue reading →