Samuel Gruber on Why Preserve Religious Heritage Sites
In our In Focus section, we have posted a video interview with architectural historian Dr. Samuel D. Gruber, president of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments and a longtime pioneer in Jewish...
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Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in the News
JTA runs a story about the burdens of caring for Jewish cemeteries in Europe. The issues are familiar to readers of this web site — and anyone involved in the field, and it is good that they are...
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Video Links for Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage Conference
The plenary sessions of the Managing Jewish Built Heritage conference in Krakow were live-streamed, and are now archived…. Click here for the link to the opening session and the keynote speech by...
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Thoughts on a trip through western Ukraine, by Christian Herrmann
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...
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Jewish Cemetery News from Poland
Here’s a roundup of recent news related to Jewish cemeteries in Poland, from Virtual Shtetl (and other sources) Volunteers worked to clean up the vast Jewish cemetery in Lodz More than 20...
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Jewish cemetery clean-ups in Poland
A clean-up operation in the old Jewish cemetery in Narew, southeast of Bialystok in eastern Poland near the border with Belarus, will take place Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Virtual Shtetl...
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Upcoming cemetery commemorations in Poland
Several ceremonies are scheduled in Poland in the next couple of months, at the conclusion of restoration or commemorative projects at Jewish cemeteries overseen by the Foundation for the Preservation...
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New(ish) Jewish heritage publications in Italy
For Italian speakers, two recent books highlight Jewish heritage in Italy. “Andare per Ghetti e Giudecche,” by Anna Foa (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014). “Il cimitero ebraico in Italia: Storia e architettura...
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U.S. congress member honored for law protecting cemeteries
The United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad has honored U.S. Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) for having sponsored a new law, the “Protect Cemeteries Act,” that...
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Documentation & new technology… the Jewish cemetery in Białystok, by drone…
New technologies are changing the way we can document Jewish heritage sites — or at least how we can see them in the context of their surroundings. Photography, archival searches and on-site...
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RIP Leonard Nimoy: Mr. Spock and images of blessing hands
The death of the actor Leonard Nimoy, legendary for the half-human, half-Vulcan Star Trek character Mr. Spock, has focussed attention on his iconic “Live Long and Prosper” divided-finger hand...
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Jewish cemetery round-up: in 3 countries, 2 rededicated and 2 vandalized
In the news this month have been the rededication of two Jewish cemeteries Poland after restoration — but also the desecration of two Jewish cemeteries, on in the Czech Republic and one in Austria. The...
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Considering Concrete Matzevot (Crosspost)
Here is a crosspost from a piece on Sam Gruber’s Jewish Art and Monuments blog — Concrete Tombstones, The “Poor Cousins” of Matzevot Typology – in which he considers the use of concrete in...
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European Jewish Cemeteries: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference
A cross-disciplinary conference on Jewish cemeteries in Europe, held October 25-28 in Vilnius, Lithuania, gathered some 60 experts from more than a dozen countries and touched on a wide range of topics...
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New web site of European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative
The recently established ESJF — European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative – has launched a web site where you can access information on its activities — fencing Jewish cemeteries in (mainly) Eastern and...
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10 Stars and Shtetl Routes have new websites, content
Two Jewish heritage projects whose development we have enjoyed following (and have reported on) — the 10 Stars project in the Czech Republic and the cross-border Shtetl Routes project in Poland,...
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Upcoming Hanukkah events of note (in Poland)
Hanukkah events in Poland (in far-flung parts of Poland, to be sure) in the next few days bring to fruition several projects that we have reported on in the past, as they were developing. They...
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Glasgow: Jewish cemetery restoration & appeals for further work
Restoration work on the 19th century Jewish section of Glasgow’s historic Necropolis cemetery has been completed — and the Jewish community has now issued a £1 million appeal for aid for renovation...
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News from the Russian far east: synagogue reopening and Jewish heritage survey
This news is slightly off the strictly European geographic area but falls within the broader context. The Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University has published a 45-page report on the Center’s...
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Lithuania: Jewish Cultural Route Association established
A Jewish Cultural Route Association has been established in Lithuania, with the aim of developing an officially sponsored program of Jewish cultural tourism in the country, including an itinerary of...
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