Today, Sept. 29, is the annual European Day of Jewish Culture — with hundreds of events planned in a dozen countries around Europe: performances, lectures, concerts, guided tours, food-tastings, book fairs, and more. Synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage … continue reading →
The Jewish cemetery at Jonava, Lithuania, is listed as a Cultural Heritage site and one of the best preserved and best maintained in Lithuania, but discoveries are still being made there. Within the past few days, several buried matzevot were … continue reading →
Samuel D. Gruber has posted a fascinating item on his blog recounting the story of a rare East-European-style synagogue mural from 1910, which has been discovered in Burlington Vermont — and on which restoration work is set to begin. Photos can … continue reading →
The English-language Lithuania Tribune runs a lengthy interview with Sergey Kanovich, one of the founders and directors of Maceva, a non-profit that organizes volunteers to document and maintain Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania. Maceva’s project co-ordinator, Rūta Anulytė, gave a presentation about … continue reading →
Summer’s here, and the time is right for helping to clean up old Jewish cemeteries in eastern Europe — in particular, to cut grass and weeds, get rid of trash and other seasons work. The vegetation from one wet spring … continue reading →
