For the third time this year, we are publishing a round-up of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives, by volunteers and others, taking place in various European countries. The occasional incidents of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries make headlines … continue reading →
(JHE) — Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland and head of Poland’s Rabbinic Commission for Cemeteries, has forcefully condemned as desecration the destruction of part of the historic Jewish cemetery in Sataniv by Haredi activist Israel Meir Gabai. It … continue reading →
Applications are open for Jewish heritage and culture grants from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland. Deadline for submitting applications is 15.00, September 30, 2021. The grant program was recently named in honor of Jan Jagielski, the pioneer … continue reading →
Poland’s Cultural Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with technology company Laboratorium EE, has launched an app aimed at encouraging (and enabling) the volunteer documentation of abandoned, neglected, and/or remote Jewish and other cemeteries in Poland and elsewhere — by tourists and other … continue reading →
Then local district administration has taken over ownership of the former synagogue in Barczewo, in northeast Poland near Olsztyn, so that it can carry out restoration of the building as a district cultural center. The synagogue, with a flat roof and … continue reading →
