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Ukraine: Exciting discoveries — including the Three Hares motif on gravestones — as high school students research the Jewish cemetery in Horodok

(JHE) — Some exciting discoveries have been made recently in Jewish cemeteries in western Ukraine — including by local high school students carrying out research in the Jewish cemetery in Horodok who revealed a matzevah bearing the rare “Three Hares” … continue reading →

The New Year 2023 JHE Newsletter is Out: News, views, and insights from Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, the U.K., Lithuania, Ukraine — catch up on what you might have missed!

Zodiac by artist Lele Luzzati on the ceiling of the Tullia Zevi National Library of Italian Judaism in Rome

The New Year 2023 edition of the JHE Monthly Newsletter is out! Looking ahead to 2023, we look back at celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2022 — and at our most popular posts from 2022. It was a year shadowed by … 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 →

Mazel tov to Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, recipient of the 2022 Narkiss prize for excellence in the research of Jewish Art,  presented by the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University

Mazel tov to Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, the recipient of the 2022 Bezalel, Mordechai, and Nessa Narkiss prize for excellence in the research of Jewish Art,  presented by the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University! Kotlyar is a Professor at … continue reading →

Call for Entries: Jewish Cemeteries Photography Competition for university students in Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Ukraine

Attention university students in Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Ukraine! You’re eligible to enter a photography contest sponsored by the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. The competition runs from now until April 2023.  “Whether it is straight documentary … continue reading →