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This cemetery in Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region is a significant monument of Jewish funerary art from the 17th–18th centuries. Around 2,000 tombstones have been preserved, including one marking the grave of Rabbi Avraham Hayot, author of Holekh Tamim and son of Yitzhak of Prague, author of Afei Ravravei (1538–1610). The ESJF installed the fence around the […]

We’ve just wrapped up this year’s Online Drone Training Course, with more than 100 students in architecture and engineering taking part from Greece, Moldova, Poland, Ireland, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, the United States, Hungary, and Israel. The future of land management is in the hands of engineers and architects — which is why this unique course […]

The ESJF has documented 103 Jewish cemeteries across Serbia as part of the first phase of our national survey. We’ll return in the winter, when vegetation is less dense, to complete the remaining work. Serbia is believed to be home to around 150 Jewish cemeteries, though the exact number will only become clear once the […]

Rashkov is one of the oldest centers of Jewish life in the region. The old Rashkov Jewish cemetery once served a large Jewish community, and around 1,000 tombstones have been preserved there. Moreover, it is a major site of pilgrimage, as it contains the grave of Rabbi Shabtai of Rashkov (1655–1745), an early disciple of […]

Throughout 2025, the ESJF is expanding its operations in Serbia, already fencing several Jewish cemeteries and conducting surveys across the country. The Jewish cemetery in Zmajevo — where we have just installed a new metal fence — preserves more than a dozen tombstones and fragments, the oldest dating back to 1863. The fencing project at […]

The session was conducted by Esther Zyskina, a renowned expert on Jewish cemeteries and Hebrew epigraphy. The camp is currently underway at the Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, running from July 21 to 30, 2025. ESJF manuals were also sent to the participants to assist them in further exploring the cemetery. Organized annually by the […]

Surveys are currently ongoing across the country, led by ESJF Senior Surveyor Ian Galevskii and our country coordinator, Ladislav Trajer (Federation of Jewish Communities in Serbia). Where permitted, drones are being used to conduct the surveys. Among the cemeteries we’ve already documented is the unique Sephardic cemetery in Šabac. According to Ladislav Trajer, one of […]

The new metal fence now protects the cemetery from potential threats and stands as a lasting reminder that the memory of the town’s once-thriving Jewish community endures. This fencing project was made possible with the help of our partners at Židia na Slovensku (Federation of Jewish Communities in Slovakia), particularly Henrich Stern, our national coordinator. […]

Several years ago, Yana, a student at Shatava Lyceum in Ukraine, wrote a paper for the Junior Academy of Sciences focusing on the Jewish cemetery in her village. During her thesis defense, Yana was asked whether she could read the epitaphs on the tombstones — at the time, she could not. This week, Yana attended […]

The ESJF workshop took place at the Shatava Jewish cemetery, which we had previously fenced and where an informational sign was installed. Local teachers and students were shown how to interpret the symbols on ancient matzevot and taught how to calculate dates of death. ESJF manuals were shared to assist them in further exploring the […]

This year, the ESJF intends to complete several fencing projects in the Vojvodina region in northern Serbia. In July, we finished work at the Kać Jewish cemetery, where around 10 tombstones remain preserved. The oldest dates back to 1882, and the most recent to 1929. In addition to fencing, the ESJF is currently conducting surveys […]

ESJF Chief Executive Officer Philip Carmel received the Award for Contributions to Hungarian Jewry from Professor Dr. Andor Grósz, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary. “I accepted this award as recognition for all that our devoted team in Ukraine and in Hungary has achieved in the preservation of Hungarian Jewish heritage and […]