The Jewish cemetery in Penzance, Cornwall, has been described as “by far the finest” of the 25 Georgian Jewish cemeteries in Britain outside of London. Believed founded in the 1740s, the cemetery, which includes about 50 well preserved gravestones, … continue reading →
We are pleased to post the downloadable pdf of the report brochure on the international conference Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage, held in Krakow in April 2013. Click here to download the PDF of the brochure … continue reading →
In the In Focus section, we are pleased to publish the paper From “Atlantis” to …? The past and present of Jewish Krakow in the second decade of the new millennium by Dr. Monika Murzyn-Kupisz, which she presented in the session … continue reading →
On its web site, the Association for Gravestone Studies in the United States has posted helpful information on cleaning, clearing, re-setting and maintaining gravestones and cemeteries. Though an international organization, the Association is largely directed to the study of historic … continue reading →
This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of Nov. 9-10 1938 when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied territory. More than 1,000 synagogues … continue reading →
