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Italy: “Lost” Medieval Jewish Cemetery discovered in Bologna
The medieval Jewish cemetery in Bologna that was destroyed by order of Pope Pius V in 1569 has been rediscovered and is the focus of a research project by academic institutions with the cooperation...
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Gorizia/Nova Gorica: A unique transborder Jewish cemetery project; Italy and...
The historic Jewish heritage sites of Gorizia, in northeastern Italy, may be unique — or at any rate, rare: the 18th century synagogue and former Jewish ghetto area are in one country, Italy …. and...
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Download “Vanished World” 2018 Eastern Europe Jewish Heritage Calendar
As in the past, JHE friend photographer Christian Herrmann is giving a holiday gift: a calendar based on his striking photographs of Jewish heritage sites in eastern Europe. The 2018 calendar can be...
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CZ: Database for Jewish Cemeteries in Southern Moravia
The tourist information web site of the Jewish community of Brno, Czech Republic includes databases, with maps, of more than 20 Jewish cemeteries in southern Moravia. The cemeteries are listed by...
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Romania: Alba Iulia Synagogue to be rededicated (and get QR signage)
The historic synagogue in Alba Iulia, Romania will be rededicated November 26 after restoration — new QR code signage will provide information for visitors. Completed in 1840, the synagogue stands at...
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Poland: human remains dug up during construction on Jewish cemetery site
Construction for a parking lot and electrical substation on the site of a Jewish cemetery in the town of Siemiatycze in eastern Poland unearthed skeletal human remains that were then dug up and...
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CZ: funds allocated for conservation of Jewish cemetery in Horažďovice
The Czech-German Fund for the Future (CNFB) has allocated 300,000 Czech crowns (more than €11,600) toward “rescue work on damaged or eroded gravestones” in the New Jewish cemetery in Horažďovice, in...
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Further signs of Jewish Heritage cooperation in western Ukraine (crosspost)
A second roundtable of activists, Jewish representatives, NGOs, and local government officials has been held in Lviv to discuss cooperation and strategies on Jewish cultural heritage preservation and...
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Poland: government to invest €24 million to restore Warsaw Jewish cemetery
Poland is expected to invest 100 million zlotys (approx. €24 million) to restore Warsaw’s main Jewish cemetery on Okopowa st. thanks to a law approved earlier this month. Parliament approved the...
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Poland: Special Report on 2017 restoration work in Białystok Jewish cemetery
Prof. Heidi M. Szpek has written an illustrated special report for JHE on the work that was carried out last summer, 2017, in the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok, Poland, as part of the...
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