The German researcher, photographer and blogger Christian Herrmann has posted a gallery of stunning black and white photographs of Jewish heritage sites in western Ukraine, taken on his most recent visit. Included are sites in Chernivtsi, Staryi Sambir, Sokal, … continue reading →
The reform synagogue in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, was in the headlines recently when vandals defaced its walls with anti-Semitic graffiti. The World Union of Progressive Judaism has now raised an alarm over the general state of the … continue reading →
The German researcher Christian Herrmann is on one of his regular trips to Ukraine to document Jewish heritage sites. On his trip, he visited Sataniv (Satanov) and was able to photograph the historic 16th century fortress synagogue, which has been … continue reading →
Tablet Magazine has run a fascinating podcast interview with Rutgers University professor Jeffrey Shandler, who speaks about the realities of the shtetl, the symbolism and romance that have grown up around the shtetl and the way that the concept … continue reading →
Virtual shtetl informs that new lists of gravestones from Jewish cemeteries in the towns of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski and Rohatyn (now in Ukraine) have been published on its portal, as part of the Memory in Stone project. The stones in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski were photographed … continue reading →
