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Jewish Cemetery 2021 clean-ups: Round-up #2. They rarely grab headlines, but dozens of Jewish cemetery clean-ups by volunteers and others go on in many countries

(JHE) — Several disturbing incidents of vandalism at Jewish heritage sites, including cemeteries, grabbed headlines in recent weeks. But — as usual –there was almost no media coverage of the many more efforts at preservation and restoration.  We try to … continue reading →

Italy: An agreement last year enables “Mantova Hub” urban renewal work to proceed under Halachic supervision at the site of Mantova’s old Jewish cemetery, but work is stalled because of hold-ups in allocating new funds

Following an agreement reached last summer, the Italian government allocated €6.5 million for work to be carried out – under Halachic supervision – at the site of a centuries’-old Jewish cemetery in Mantova so that a major urban regeneration project,”Mantova … continue reading →