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Ukraine notes: more matzevah fragments recovered; drone footage of Ostroh synagogue

News comes from Kovel, western Ukraine, of another instance of the discovery of numerous fragments of Jewish gravestones that were used for construction work in Ukraine in the Soviet period. The news site Newsru.co.il reports that the fragments were discovered … continue reading →

Center for Jewish Art: recent activities; new book due out on Ukrainian synagogues

We are eagerly awaiting the publication, scheduled for April, of Synagogues in Ukraine: Volhynia, a new book by Drs. Sergey R. Kravtsov and Vladimir Levin of the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The announcement of the … continue reading →

Ukraine: What to do with newly discovered gravestone fragments?

    Local authorities in the western Ukrainian town of Husiatyn are grappling with what to do with hundreds of fragments of Jewish gravestones that recently came to light after being used for construction. Journalist Dmitry Polyukhovich writes in the … continue reading →

New Have Your Say essay: Migratory Patterns and the Birds of Probizhna

  Taking a detour from an academic conference, Penn State University scholar Eliyana Adler a  made a roots trip to visit the obscure village in western Ukraine from which, a century ago, her grandmother had emigrated — twice. In our … continue reading →

Ukraine: Sign up for Jewish Cemetery conservation

Registration is open for this summer’s edition of the SVIT “work camp” — continuing years-long work in clearing and maintaining the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. This year marks the 10th anniversary of this annual volunteer action, which we … continue reading →