The city of Vlissingen in the Netherlands has returned two Jewish cemeteries to the Jewish community in the region. The municipality had taken over the cemeteries after the Holocaust. JTA and the web site of the NIK, or umbrella group … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports on its expedition to Belarus earlier this year during which a number of wooden Jewish grave markers found in the Jewish cemetery in the town of Lenin have been protected. We managed to continue our research … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports that lack of rainfall has lowered the level of the Vistula River to such an extent that long-submerged objects can be found — including fragments of Jewish tombstones. The discoveries were made by Rafał Rachciński, who went … continue reading →
Prof. Cesare Colafemmina, an Italian scholar who was a pioneering researcher on the historic Jewish presence in southern Italy, has died at the age of 79. Colafemmina died Sept. 12 after a long illness. Colafemmina taught at the University … continue reading →
From World Architecture News — more on the synagogue in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland, that was recently rededicated after a painstaking restoration. There are some photos here of the restored wall paintings and other features. The synagogue will serve as a … continue reading →
