People in the United States now have incentives to donate for selected Jewish heritage restoration projects in Poland and Hungary — through two new fund-raising non-profits registered as 501 (c) (3) public charities qualified to receive tax deductible gifts … continue reading →
JHE friends Christian Herrmann, Marla Raucher and Jay Osborn, and others have been on a group road trip visiting sites of Jewish heritage in western Ukraine. On his blog Vanished World, Christian has posted striking photographs and brief descriptions of … continue reading →
A map pinpointing the location of more than 130 synagogues, shtibls, and Jewish prayer houses that stood in Vilnius before the Holocaust has been published. Today, only two synagogues (recognizable as synagogues) still stand in the city — the Choral … continue reading →
An Austrian couple from Vienna has bought a 19th century Jewish gravestone they saw advertised online and have returned it to an Austrian Jewish community. According to the Heute news site, the couple purchased the gravestone of one Lev Unger, … continue reading →
In the latest twist in the ongoing debate over the Old Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum said it was “perplexed” by an apparent proposal by Lithuanian officials to set up a new Jewish museum as … continue reading →
