We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference scheduled to take place in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in April 2024. Expanding of the Boundaries: Jewish Artistic Heritage of Ukraine April 9–10, 2024, Kharkiv, Ukraine Organizer: Ukrainian Association for Jewish … continue reading →
Volunteers have been working this week — with hand tools and and with heavy machinery — to recover some 100 or so matzevot from the destroyed Jewish cemetery in Sokal, near L’viv, and bring them for safekeeping to the town’s … continue reading →
NOTE: This updates our post from August 15 with some new material. For nearly a decade, the collections of a Jewish museum in Moscow have included objects from two derelict historic synagogue buildings in Ukraine: the carved wooden doors from … continue reading →
At the beginning of May, we published a first round-up for 2023 of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a second Round-up listing more than 70 actions … continue reading →
(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 →
