MACEVA, the Lithuanian Jewish cemetery project, has released its 2013 Activity Report on its efforts to digitally document and preserve Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania. It demonstrates progress — but also underscores the many challenges. There are progress reports on digitization … continue reading →
We are in the middle of the U.S. National Preservation Week — a national campaign April 26-May 3 launched by the American Library Association, the Library of Congress, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and other cultural heritage organizations … continue reading →
The Bet Tfila Research Centre for Jewish Architecture in Europe has published a new book on Jewish archaeology in European Antiquity and medieval central Europe by Prof. Ole Harck of the Department of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology at the Christian-Albrechts-University … continue reading →
Marla Raucher Osborn of Gesher Galicia reports that at least 29 new Jewish headstones and fragments have been identified and recovered in Rohatyn, Ukraine, where she has been active with local people in efforts to identify Jewish headstones found … continue reading →
Work will begin in June to restore the historic (but devastated) Bródno Jewish cemetery in Warsaw’s Praga district, in what Virtual Shtetl describes as “one of the largest projects of the Jewish Religious Community in Warsaw.” According to the … continue reading →
