Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Applications: JewishGen Neshama Travel & Preservation Program. July 30-August 8. Applications due by March 31

Readers often ask how and when they can help restore or clean up a Jewish cemetery, so we are pleased to share this call for applications for a 10 day travel and study trip in Poland that will allow participants … continue reading →

Call for Proposals: 44th IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy – in Philadelphia, August 18-22. Deadline for Submissions January 28

  We are pleased to share this Call for Proposals for the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.   The 2024 Conference will be held in Philadelphia from Sunday, August 18 through Thursday, August 22, 2024 at the Sheraton … continue reading →

Ukraine: New informational signage installed at the 2 Jewish cemeteries in Rohatyn

We are happy to highlight the installation of new signage at the Jewish cemeteries in Rohatyn, in western Ukraine — after three years of planning and preparation and despite the ongoing war sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine over … continue reading →

Romania: The full documentation of the two oldest of the three Jewish cemeteries in Siret is now available online, with photo galleries highlighting the magnificent carved decoration

On a gravestone in Siret, Romania, a Crown flanked by griffins, above a lion

The three adjacent Jewish cemeteries in Siret, in the far north of Romania on the border with Ukraine, form an extremely significant complex of Jewish burial grounds dating back centuries. The elaborately decorated matzevot from the Old Jewish Cemetery (in … continue reading →

Call for Proposals: 43rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. Deadline is January 15

Applications are open for presentations at the 2023 conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies, which will be held in London July 30- August 3. The 43rd International IAJGS conference will be the first in-person IAJGS annual meeting … continue reading →