We have a new JHE video on our YouTube channel! This one explores the imagery of the Weeping Willow in commemoration and on gravestones. With its drooping branches symbolizing grief, the Weeping Willow has been a common motif on … continue reading →
At the beginning of May, we published a first round-up for 2023 of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a second Round-up listing more than 70 actions … continue reading →
Funded by the Hungarian government, the restoration of the the former “Small Synagogue” in Senta, in northern Serbia’s Vojvodina region near the border with Hungary, has been completed; the building will house a cultural center. It was inaugurated with a … continue reading →
(JHE) — The EU co-funded, 18-month project on Jewish cemeteries undertaken jointly by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Centropa, and the Foundation for Jewish Heritage is at its conclusion, with the publication of three detailed reports and a wrap-up … continue reading →
The winners of the International Youth Competition on Local Jewish Cemeteries have been announced. They include 15 projects from six countries: Five from Ukraine, four from Hungary, two each from Georgia and Moldova, and one each from Slovakia and Lithuania. … continue reading →
