Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups — Round-up #4. Dozens more initiatives. Episodes of vandalism prompt legitimate outrage and widespread condemnation, but the many, many more instances of volunteers cleaning, restoring, and maintaining Jewish cemeteries are often overlooked

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 by jhe

We can’t stress enough the importance of this post. Episodes of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries prompt legitimate outrage and widespread condemnation, but the many, many more instances of volunteers and others cleaning, restoring, and maintaining Jewish cemeteries are rarely noted. … continue reading →

Ukraine: stunning video of the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi powerfully evokes the image of surviving Jewish cemeteries as a “Tribe of Stones”

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by jhe

In her ground-breaking 1983 book “Time of Stones,” the first photo and text book about abandoned Jewish cemeteries published in Poland after WW2, Monika Krajewska quoted the poet Anna Kamienska as describing surviving Jewish cemeteries as a “Tribe of Stones:” … continue reading →

Jewish cemetery 2021 clean-ups — Round-up #3. They rarely grab headlines, but dozens of Jewish cemetery clean-ups by volunteers and others go on in many countries

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by jhe

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 →

Ukraine Update: Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich strongly denounces the desecration of the historic Jewish cemetery in Sataniv … by a Jew. Calls for aid in helping prevent such “abominations”

August 21, 2021August 20, 2021 by jhe

(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 →

New Have Your Say personal essay by Dr. Boris Khaimovich: The Jewish Cemetery in Sataniv — a Destroyed Monument of Jewish Culture. Vandalism and Desecration Disguised as “Care”

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 by jhe

Our new Have Your Say op-ed follows on from our report on Jewish heritage experts decrying the destruction of the oldest part of the historic Jewish cemetery in Sataniv, western Ukraine, by a Haredi activist claiming to restore it. Many … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups — Round-up #4. Dozens more initiatives. Episodes of vandalism prompt legitimate outrage and widespread condemnation, but the many, many more instances of volunteers cleaning, restoring, and maintaining Jewish cemeteries are often overlooked

Ukraine: stunning video of the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi powerfully evokes the image of surviving Jewish cemeteries as a “Tribe of Stones”

Jewish cemetery 2021 clean-ups — Round-up #3. They rarely grab headlines, but dozens of Jewish cemetery clean-ups by volunteers and others go on in many countries

Ukraine Update: Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich strongly denounces the desecration of the historic Jewish cemetery in Sataniv … by a Jew. Calls for aid in helping prevent such “abominations”

New Have Your Say personal essay by Dr. Boris Khaimovich: The Jewish Cemetery in Sataniv — a Destroyed Monument of Jewish Culture. Vandalism and Desecration Disguised as “Care”

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