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Italy: An all but forgotten monument on the Tuscan coast marks a little-known chapter in the early history of the state of Israel

The monument to the December 31, 1948 air disaster on Monte Argentario

An all but forgotten monument on Italy’s Tuscan coast marks a little-known chapter in the early history of the state of Israel – a plane disaster on New Year’s Eve 1948 that took the lives of 13 people, including the … continue reading →

Ukraine: Chortkiv received grant from Aliph Foundation to begin restoration of the historic Hasidic Kloyz synagogue

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 →

Call for Applications: NGO documentation and work on cemeteries in Poland’s southeastern Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships

Jewish cemetery, Baligrod, Poland

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 →