Jewish Heritage Europe

Maceva Litvak cemetery catalogue annual report on 2014 activities

Jewish cemetery in Valbaninka, Lithuania.

    The Maceva Litvak Cemetery Catalogue has published its 2014 annual report, noting its activities over that year in digitizing Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania, photographing individual stones,  and carrying out clean-up and other operations. It also outlines plans for … continue reading →

Sergey Kravtsov on the Value & Preservation of Jewish Built Heritage

  Sergey Kravtsov, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem, has written a thoughtful op-ed on the value and preservation of Jewish religious heritage in Europe, published on the excellent “Future of Religious Heritage” web site.  Born … continue reading →

Glorious synagogues to mark anniversaries: 25 years since the Wall came down (and 76 years since Kristallnacht)

  The Berlin Wall came down 25-years ago, on November 9, 1989 — a day that also marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of Nov. 9-10 1938 when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish … continue reading →

Comprehensive story on Bródno cemetery matzevot in Warsaw

Maja Czarnecka of AFP has written a comprehensive feature story on returning to Warsaw’s Bródno Jewish cemetery hundreds of matzevot and fragments that had been used in construction.  “Poland regained its independence 24 years ago. Today we can speak freely, … continue reading →