The United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad has honored U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) for having sponsored a new law, the “Protect Cemeteries Act,” that makes the desecration of cemeteries a violation of religious freedom. Meng … continue reading →
Legislation that would make the desecration of cemeteries – including Jewish cemeteries around the world – a violation of religious freedom has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and will now head to the Senate. The date of the Senate … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Lesley Weiss, the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, who was presented with the U.S. annual Jewish Heritage Celebration’s Jewish Heritage Appreciation Award. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) presented the … continue reading →
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has launched an important new online resource on Jews and Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Poland: the YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland. The vast online collection, which includes digitized manuscripts, posters, photographs, … continue reading →
For those in New York, there will be a program March 31 — Places and Life of the Jewish Diaspora in Southern Italy — dedicated to the lifetime work of the late Prof. Cesare Colafemmina, exploring the richness of Apulia and … continue reading →
