Jewish Heritage Europe

JHE Holidays Edition — Catch up with what you may have missed

The JHE monthly Newsletter — Holidays Edition — is out. Catch up with what you may have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Poland, Slovenia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Italy, Ukraine, Moldova, the … continue reading →

Moldova: The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation grants $200,000 for the restoration of the long ruined funeral hall in the vast Chișinău Jewish cemetery

Funeral hall, Jewish cemetery in Chisinau. Photo courtesy of Irina Shihova

The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has awarded $200,000 toward the restoration of the funeral hall (beit kaddishim) within the sprawling Chișinău Jewish Cemetery on Milano Street. The project, announced Tuesday, is a partnership between the U.S. and Moldovan … continue reading →

EU-funded 18-month project on Jewish cemeteries ends with final conference & 3 detailed reports on Jewish cemeteries and tourism, education, culture

(JHE) — The EU co-funded,  18-month project on  Jewish cemeteries undertaken jointly by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, Centropa, and the Foundation for Jewish Heritage is at its conclusion, with the publication of three detailed reports and a wrap-up … continue reading →

Jewish Cemeteries: Winners of the International Youth Competition on Local Jewish Cemeteries include 15 projects (videos and online brochures) from six countries

The winners of the International Youth Competition on Local Jewish Cemeteries  have been announced. They include 15 projects from six countries: Five from Ukraine, four from Hungary, two each from Georgia and Moldova, and one each from Slovakia and Lithuania. … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups in 2022 — Round-up #5: Dozens of Initiatives in more than a dozen countries

(JHE) — For the fifth (and final) time this year, we are publishing a round-up of some of the Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives by volunteers, NGOs, institutions and others in various European countries in 2022. We feel it is essential … continue reading →