Jewish Heritage Europe

JHE December Newsletter is out

” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]    Our Newsletter for December is out and can be viewed online. This month there’s news and insight from Poland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Bulgaria — and more. In addition there is the … continue reading →

CZ: funds allocated for conservation of Jewish cemetery in Horažďovice

  The Czech-German Fund for the Future (CNFB) has allocated 300,000 Czech crowns (more than €11,600) toward “rescue work on damaged or eroded gravestones” in the New Jewish cemetery in Horažďovice, in southern Bohemia. It said the project would involve … continue reading →

CZ: Database for Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Moravia

    The tourist information web site of the Jewish community of Brno, Czech Republic includes  databases, with maps, of more than 20 Jewish cemeteries in southern Moravia. The cemeteries are listed by information cards. Click on the card and … continue reading →

Summertime: cemetery clean-up notes (lots going on)

  Jewish cemeteries rarely make the news except if there is an act of vandalism. But for every act of vandalism that gets reported, there are many more cases of Jewish cemeteries being cleaned up — by volunteer or other … continue reading →

The JHE Newsletter is out – a double summer issue

  The new Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is now online — a double summer issue for June and July. There’s news, info, and insights from Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, France, Russia, the UK (Scotland) — and more. Click … continue reading →