A new book on the Jewish cemetery in Jaworzno, Poland has been published, reports Virtual Shtetl. The authors are Leszek Hońdo, Dariusz Rozmus and Sławomir Witkowski, who carried out an inventory of the cemetery. The book comprises two parts. The … continue reading →
The Times of Israel runs an article about the work of Michael Lozman, a New York orthodontist, who has led American students on projects to restore Jewish cemeteries in Belarus for more than a decade. He started with a … continue reading →
A design by Andrzej Bulanda and Maciej Bulanda and executed by Agnieszka Szuran and Jadwiga Gajczyk has been chosen as the mezuzah that will be installed at the entrance to the forthcoming Museum of the History of Polish … continue reading →
In a remarkable turn of events, nearly 700 Jewish tombstones and fragments have been discovered in Thessaloniki, more than 70 years after the Nazis destroyed the centuries-old Jewish cemetery of what was the biggest Jewish community in Greece and used … continue reading →
A new book has been published about the pre-war wall writings (advertisements and such) that one can still find in L’viv, Ukraine. They are visible in a number of places, in a number of languages, including Yiddish and Polish, … continue reading →
