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 →
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 →
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 →
(JHE) — Shemini Atzeret and Simchas Torah — the Jewish festival at the end of Sukkoth that celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings (and beginning of the new cycle), begin tonight. These are difficult times, … continue reading →
Two workshops/seminars/programs dealing with the preservation of Jewish cemeteries take place at the same time in September — one in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine (September 23-24) and one in and around Făgăraş, Romania (September 23-30). They are quite different in scope, but … continue reading →
