Are you in London and interested in both documenting a historic Jewish cemetery — and learning how to do so? If so, you can join an online and on-site volunteer program to document the Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in Hackney, … continue reading →
The city of Chortkiv in western Ukraine has won a grant to begin restoration of what its web site called the city’s “historical pearl” — the Hasidic synagogue, or Kloyz of the Tzaddik Rabbi David Moshe Friedmann. An announcement on … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for grants to NGOs to preserve and document historic cemeteries (including Jewish cemeteries) in the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships in the southeast corner of Poland on the border with Ukraine. Deadline … continue reading →
The 17th century synagogue in Łęczna, which has stood empty and deteriorating for more than a decade, will be renovated and adapted as an educational and cultural center as part of a broader program to develop the town. According to … continue reading →
A new archaeological study suggests that the ruins of a building until now thought to have been a paleo Christian church may in fact have been a synagogue dating from the 4th or 5th century CE. The ruins are in … continue reading →
