Events

Did you know that UAV data can be used to preserve Jewish cemeteries? We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a webinar in English in Spring 2023 on the use of UAV data in Jewish cemetery and heritage preservation in Central and Eastern Europe. With lectures on hardware, data processing, and the […]

Do you want to enhance your digital skills whilst learning about Jewish heritage preservation? Then you should take part in our Hackathon! Part of our EU grant for preserving Jewish cemeteries, students will work with data, solving problems that might involve working with 3D models, visualising potential (virtual restoration projects, memorial designs etc.), or creating […]

Our Masterclasses for Engaged Leaders will be concluded on the 15th and 16th April in Budapest with an international conference for engaged public authorities from all project countries, who will be invited to develop partnerships, present their protection proposals, and discuss challenges faced when preserving Jewish cemeteries. If you would like to attend conference or […]

Following the great success of our masterclasses in Moldova, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine under our EU grant for preserving Jewish cemeteries, the ESJF will host two more Masterclasses for Engaged Leaders this spring in Slovakia (in person) and Lithuania (online). During our upcoming Masterclasses, local and regional authorities will be invited to send representatives to […]

We are excited to announce our new online programme for architecture and engineering students on drone technology use in the preservation of Jewish cemeteries! The course aims to equip students with knowledge on the application of UAVs and photogrammetric modelling and is available until the end of February. It will encompass around 2.5 hours of […]

Drones, unfortunately, have been rather a common site in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine in recent weeks and months, targeting civilians and infrastructural installations as part of the Russian war effort against Ukraine. Now, Kyiv hosts a conference on drones for their positive usage as the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative conducts an EU […]

Between the 23rd and 24th of October, 30 participants, involved in the protection and care of Jewish cemeteries, came together for the ESJF’s EU Masterclass to intensively discuss and exchange their experiences and knowledge on the topic of Jewish cemeteries in Poland. As a result of the Holocaust, most of the 1,500 existing cemeteries in […]

We are happy to announce that we will be collaborating with the Brama Grodzka (Grodzka Gate) – NN Theatre Centre in Lublin, Poland for our next two-day masterclass, which will be dedicated to the heritage of the Jewish cemeteries in the south-eastern Poland. During the masterclass, we will also launch our Regional Cemetery Association initiative […]

Over the past two days, it has been a great pleasure to host our second European Commission Masterclass and the first of the series to take place in person for local engaged leaders in Chișinău, Moldova. After an opening statement from Ion Duminica, Director of the Center for Ethnology of the Institute of Cultural Heritage, […]

The ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative is looking forward to hosting its second EU master class tomorrow on the topic of Jewish cemeteries in Moldovan Cultural Heritage, which will take place in Chișinău, Moldova over two days. This event is organised in cooperation with the Center for Ethnology of the Institute of Cultural Heritage, which […]

This week, over two days the ESJF hosted our first Masterclass under our European Commission project organised with our consortium partners Centropa and Foundation for Jewish Heritage! Through a mixture of lectures, seminars and presentations, local engaged stakeholders learnt from experts in the field about Jewish cemeteries in Georgia. We would like to thank all […]

Over the past two days, the ESJF’s consortium partner Centropa hosted a seminar for Georgian teachers in Tbilisi! The seminar is one of 7 seminars within our new EU grant, which is funded by the European Commission. Centropa were excited to meet engaged Georgian teachers, who participated in our previous EU grant online. Thanks to […]