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New web site provides open access database to ESJF surveys of 1500 Jewish cemeteries, in project co-funded by the EU

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has inaugurated a new web site dedicated to its ongoing, EU co-funded survey and mapping project of 1,500 Jewish cemeteries in five countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The site includes an open … continue reading →

JHE Newsletter for April is out

The Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter for April is out — news, views, insights from Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Moldova, Romania, Belarus, Lithuania, Sweden, Slovakia — and more. We also link to JHE Director Ruth Ellen Gruber’s op-ed in JTA on … continue reading →

Lithuania: documentation of Seirijai Jewish cemetery complete

Maceva, the Litvak Jewish Cemetery Catalogue, reports that documentation of the Jewish cemetery in Seirijai, which was initiated last year, is practically completed. The cemetery was cleaned and the remaining tombstones counted and photographed in August 2018  during the fourth … continue reading →

The Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out

The new Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out. It’s a summary of JHE news, views, & insights we have published over the past month. This month, there is material from the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, … continue reading →

Lithuania Update: progress in restoration of synagogue in Žemaičių Naumiestis

First steps have been made in the restoration of the abandoned, 200-year-old brick synagogue in Žemaičių Naumiestis, Lithuania, the Lithuanian Jewish community reports. The Šilutė regional administration allocated almost 100,000 euros for the renovation work, which began in 2018. A … continue reading →