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Germany: A 24-year (!) project to document, in extreme detail, selected Jewish cemeteries in Germany is underway

Information board at the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse Jewish cemetery, Berlin

A (very) longterm research project to document Jewish cemeteries in Germany is getting underway.  Over the course of the coming two decades and more, researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria will be documenting 35 selected Jewish cemeteries in great detail, … continue reading →

Reminder — The European Days of Jewish Culture kick off on Sunday! Hundreds of events in more than 2 dozen countries, from September through November

Just a reminder –the annual European Days of Jewish Culture festival kicks off on Sunday! Hundreds of events will take place in more than two dozen countries, from September through November, and in some cases beyond….exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, performances, … continue reading →

Serbia Update: Deutsche Welle has posted a mini-doc video about the restoration of the Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar

Fahrudin Kladničanin in a Screenshot from Novi Pazar Deutsche Welle video

In February 2019, we posted about how the ruined and long-abandoned Jewish cemetery in Novi Pazar, Serbia was under restoration sponsored by the city. The work has been completed, and Deutsche Welle this week posted a video about the restored … continue reading →

Slovakia: New downloadable brochure guide to Jewish heritage in eastern Slovakia — and the annual Slovak Jewish heritage conference, Sept. 5, at the newly renovated grand synagogue in Trenčín

Orthodox synagogue, Presov, Slovakia

The tourism department of Kosice Region in the far east of Slovakia has just uploaded a downloadable guide to Jewish monuments in eastern Slovakia.  The 44-page brochure, available in PDF in English and Slovak,  is amply illustrated with photos and … continue reading →