In our In Focus section on Issues, we post a link to a powerful op-ed in the Times of Israel by the Yiddishist Dovid Katz about the use and misuse of Jewish gravestones and memory. He focuses on one cemetery … continue reading →
On his blog, Christian Herrmann reflects on a recent trip visiting Jewish sites in Bukovina and Galicia in western Ukraine. He describes “a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We visited 27 towns … continue reading →
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, the German volunteer organization that, among other things, sends volunteers to clean up and maintain Jewish cemeteries, has announced its annual “summer camp” for people 40 and over to help clean up the sprawling Jewish cemetery in … continue reading →
The former synagogue in the historic Czech town of Český Krumlov, a UNESCO world heritage site, has been restored as a cultural venue that — the town web site states — will also be able to be used for … continue reading →
Lesley Weiss was recently named Chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad –and her first public participation in a major Jewish heritage preservation event was at last month’s conference in Krakow on Managing Jewish … continue reading →
