An agreement signed last month paves the way for work to start on creating a Holocaust memorial incorporating the hundreds of matzevot that were rescued from around Brest and which have been piled up and stored for years. The matzevot … continue reading →
(JHE) — Every year on Jewish Heritage Europe we post round-ups of various initiatives and projects aimed at restoring and cleaning-up Jewish cemeteries all over Europe, which take place throughout the spring, summer and, in some cases, also during autumn. … continue reading →
NOTE: This updates our post yesterday (Feb. 25). Former synagogues in two villages near each other in western Belarus are up for sale. One, the former Great Synagogue in Ostrino (Astryna), goes up for auction March 18 with a starting … continue reading →
Another former synagogue in Belarus is up for sale for a nominal price — this one is the former Great Synagogue in the small town of Ostrino (Astryna), in western Belarus near the Polish and Lithuanian borders. Terms of the … continue reading →
(JHE) — Authorities in Vitebsk, the hometown of the artist Marc Chagall, want to sell the roofless ruins of the city’s Great Lubavitch beis midrash (synagogue) for a nominal price — or give it away free — to whoever will … continue reading →
