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Earlier this summer, ESJF held a field camp on Jewish cemetery preservation in Kryzhopil, bringing together students from across Ukraine. Over three days, they explored the Jewish cemeteries in the nearby village of Zhabokrych, where ESJF installed a fence last year, and in Kryzhopil itself. After examining the old wall around the cemetery in the […]

The Jewish cemetery in Poiana Blenchii has around 15 preserved tombstones dating from at least 1912 to the late 1930s. The cemetery is located next to a Christian cemetery. This made fencing the site especially urgent, helping to protect the cemetery and its remaining tombstones. This is already the fifth Jewish cemetery ESJF has fenced […]

In Kovel, Volyn region, hundreds of matzevot have been moved to a new storage site. The tombstones were rescued by the Jewish community of Lutsk around 15 years ago and come from one of Kovel’s Jewish cemeteries that was destroyed in the 20th century. In recent years, the matzevot had been stored on the premises […]

Our Educational Projects Officer, Alexandra Fishel, spoke about the methodology behind ESJF educational programmes at the International academic conference “Jewish Communities of Ukraine in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Period.” A central goal of our educational activities is to help people understand what a Jewish cemetery represents, not simply as a burial site, but […]

Recent cleanup work was carried out at the Jewish cemeteries in Nové Sady, Dobšiná, Ľubotice, and Podolínec. Regular maintenance helps keep these historic sites accessible, cared for, and respected. We are grateful to our partners in Slovakia, UZZNO, for their continued support in caring for Jewish cemeteries. We also thank the German Federal Foreign Office […]

Čurug is a village in Vojvodina, an autonomous province in northern Serbia. Jewish presence in Čurug may date back to the beginning of the 19th century. One of the major findings of the ESJF survey in Serbia is the pronounced geographic concentration of Jewish cemeteries. Of the 129 sites registered, 119 are located in Vojvodina, […]

He visited 11 locations that, according to various historical sources, may have been Jewish burial sites, and identified four Jewish cemeteries. The findings will be further verified by our team and local historians. Research is ongoing, and additional Jewish cemeteries that were demolished and could not be located during the survey may still be identified. […]

This marked the third year in a row that the ESJF collaborated with TOLI (TOLI – The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights) and the Holocaust Documentation Center in Bratislava on this program. The event was held in partnership with the Zachor Foundation for Social Remembrance, with assistance from the Claims Conference. […]

Students and alumni of the local school learned about what a Jewish cemetery is, who is buried there, and why it is important to care for and protect these sites. They also learned how to interpret symbols on matzevot and calculate dates of death written in Hebrew. Students from the Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Jewish […]

Surveyors visited 15 locations, and preliminary assessments suggest that two sites may be suitable for future fencing projects. The photos show tombstones of unusual design at the Jewish cemetery in Nova Gorica, located just a short distance from the Slovenian-Italian border. According to our historians’ preliminary assessment, the distinctive shape of the tombstone in the […]

Museum professionals, experts in regional history and cultural heritage, educators, students, and anyone interested in Jewish heritage are invited to take part in a seminar dedicated to the preservation of Jewish cemeteries. The seminar will take place on 11-12 November 2026 in Brno, Czech Republic. The seminar will offer participants practical insights into Jewish heritage […]

The village of Orynyn is located in the Kamianets-Podilskyi district of the Khmelnytskyi region, in the historic area of Podillia. Before the Second World War, Jews made up nearly half of the town’s population. After the Wehrmacht occupied Orynyn, more than 1,700 Jews from the town and surrounding villages were murdered in a single day. […]