Israel-based journalist Shimon Briman visited L’viv and wrote a lengthy article on the complexities and competing (and complementary) interests involved in Jewish heritage issues and preservation/commemoration strategy in that city for the Kiev newspaper The Day. Read the article, … continue reading →
The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, has announced a photography workshop focused on Jewish heritage that will take place in July 2013. Called “Discovering History through the Camera,” it will be aimed at young … continue reading →
On his blog, Christian Herrmann reflects on a recent trip visiting Jewish sites in Bukovina and Galicia in western Ukraine. He describes “a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We visited 27 towns … continue reading →
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, the German volunteer organization that, among other things, sends volunteers to clean up and maintain Jewish cemeteries, has announced its annual “summer camp” for people 40 and over to help clean up the sprawling Jewish cemetery in … continue reading →
New tri-lingual signage has been put up to mark the historic Old Jewish Cemetery and the synagogue, as well as other historic sites, in Siret, Romania, a small town in the Bucovina region on the border between Romania and Ukraine. … continue reading →
