It’s summertime, the season of volunteer operations to clear and clean-up Jewish cemeteries….Many “clean-up camps” and other initiatives have been –and are — taking place. Some are strictly local efforts, while other attract volunteers from several countries. Some concentrate … continue reading →
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews has launched a new smartphone and tablet travel app for Jewish Warsaw. It is available on both IOS and Android platforms. The app, called “Warsaw, Varshe” — referring to the Yiddish … continue reading →
In recent years, the recovery of headstones uprooted from Jewish cemeteries during and after World War II has become a common motif in Jewish heritage preservation. In towns, cities, and villages, Jewish cemeteries were plundered and essentially used as … continue reading →
JHE friends Jay and Marla Raucher Osborn, of the Rohatyn Jewish Heritage project and Gesher Galicia, recently joined other volunteers for two days of a three-day Jewish cemetery clearing and cleaning project in Nasielsk, Poland, north of Warsaw. For them … continue reading →
Witold Wrzosiński is the co-founder and co-director of the Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland. Currently, with a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture, he is writing a Field Guide to Jewish Cemeteries, mainly aimed at … continue reading →
