On its web site, the Association for Gravestone Studies in the United States has posted helpful information on cleaning, clearing, re-setting and maintaining gravestones and cemeteries. Though an international organization, the Association is largely directed to the study of historic … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Shana Penn, the executive director of the Taube Foundation, who was decorated with Poland’s Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, one of the highest honors Poland grants to foreign citizens. The decoration was presented by Jacek … continue reading →
Using new technology to document and preserve Jewish heritage sites was one of the focus areas of the working seminar on Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage, held in Krakow last April. An article by Duane Quates on the blog of the Society … continue reading →
Samuel D. Gruber has posted a fascinating item on his blog recounting the story of a rare East-European-style synagogue mural from 1910, which has been discovered in Burlington Vermont — and on which restoration work is set to begin. Photos can … continue reading →
We would like to point out to readers this Tumblr photo blog, A Synagogue a Day — which also has a Twitter feed. It does just what it says: posts a picture of a synagogue every day — synagogues … continue reading →
