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Hungary: Hungarian Jewish Museum outdoor exhibit displays centuries-old Jewish gravestones, with lots of informative signage

The exhibition of Ottoman-era gravestones from Buda in the porch of the Dohany st synagogue in Budapest

In addition to its “inside” exhibits, the Jewish Museum in Budapest has mounted an exhibition of centuries-old Jewish gravestones that date from the middle ages and the period of Ottoman rule in the Buda district, near the castle (1541-1686). It … continue reading →

Latest Have Your Say: Discover and Connect – How Tourism can make a Difference, by Flavia Matei (restored post)

Passage in the art nouveau complex in Oradea, designed by the Jewish architects Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab and built 1907-8

Restored post (originally posted Feb. 17, 2025) During our recent outage, we lost material, including our latest Have Your Say personal essay — an essay titled Discover and Connect – How Tourism can make a Difference, by Flavia Matei. We … continue reading →

Hungary: NGO says 2024 was its biggest year of progress to date in cleaning and restoring the vast Kozma utca Jewish cemetery in Budapest.

A worker in the Kozma utca Jewish cemetery, Budapest, 2024

The NGO working to clean and restore the vast Kozma utca Jewish cemetery in Budapest reports that 2024 was a “banner year” and its biggest year of progress to date. By the end of December, the Friends of the Budapest … continue reading →

Germany: learn about the results of the ShUM Cities artist in residency carried out this past summer  by the Hungarian visual artist Bence Illyes

Bence Illyes with the exhibited cyanotype prints

We are happy to present the results of the ShUM Cities artist in residency carried out this past summer  by the Hungarian visual artist Bence Illyes.  The ShUM Cities project  linking the important medieval Jewish heritage of the German cities … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-up Initiatives 2024 — Round-up #3. Dozens of actions in more than a dozen countries

Ongoing restoration work at the Okopowa jewish cemetery Warsaw

At the beginning of May and at the beginning of August  we published our first and second round-ups for 2024, showcasing some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries.  Here’s a … continue reading →