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Out of the ten cemetery fencing projects we are currently finalizing in Ukraine for 2025, four took place in the Khmelnytskyi region. This area is part of the historical region of Podillia, once known for its rich and vibrant Jewish life. Kosohirka (known as Frampol before World War II) was a typical shtetl. According to […]

Today, there is no Jewish community in Dobšiná. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, more than 200 Jews lived in the town. They built their institutions, lived alongside their neighbors, maintained their traditions, and buried their deceased there. The Jewish cemetery in Dobšiná was established in the late 19th century. Today, 31 tombstones […]

The Mladá Boleslav Jewish cemetery still retains sections of its original brick walls, which had unfortunately begun to deteriorate over time. To preserve the site, the ESJF restored over 100 meters of the historic fence, protecting more than 2,000 tombstones. We are deeply grateful to our local partners at the Federace židovských obcí v ČR […]

This cemetery has existed since at least the late 19th century and preserves 11 tombstones dating from the late 19th to the first half of the 20th century. ESJF began its fencing projects in Romania only last year, when we protected three Jewish cemeteries. In 2025, we have already doubled our efforts, with plans to […]

Jews are first mentioned in Halych in 1436. Until the early 20th century, Halych was the only town in Galicia where two Jewish communities coexisted in parallel: the Rabbanite Jewish community and the Karaite community. The оld Jewish cemetery in Halych has been completely destroyed, and its exact boundaries and date of establishment are difficult […]

The Vámosújfalu Jewish cemetery is located in the woods behind the municipal cemetery. On the other side, it borders a road, which previously posed a risk of damage before the fence was installed. The cemetery was established after 1866. Today, around 20 tombstones remain, most dating to the first half of the 20th century. Jews […]

The Melčice Jewish cemetery is located in the Trenčín region, one of the areas with the highest levels of cemetery preservation in the country. Today, 21 tombstones remain at the site, dating from the late 19th to the early 20th century. One reason for this relatively high level of preservation is the mountainous terrain, which […]

Nova Ushytsia is a place of considerable historical significance. In the 19th century, it entered Jewish history through the so-called “Ushytsia Affair,” during which Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn was arrested on the orders of Tsar Nicholas I. After his release, he fled to Austria-Hungary, where he went on to establish his Hasidic court in […]

We have completed the fencing of the Jewish cemetery that once served one of the earliest Jewish communities in Transylvania. The Năsăud Jewish cemetery (located on Strada Comoara) was established in the mid-19th century. More than one hundred tombstones have been preserved to this day and are now protected by a new metal fence. The […]

35 applications were sent from 9 countries as part of the International Jewish Cemetery Research Competition, all at sites previously fenced by ESJF. Although the competition was announced only for cemeteries previously fenced by ESJF, we received many applications from other sites. We are truly pleased to see such strong interest in the competition from […]

A lecture day on the preservation of Jewish cemeteries was held by the ESJF in cooperation with the Chair for Jewish and Holocaust Studies at the University of Zagreb and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At the opening of the event, participants were greeted by Opher Dach, Deputy Head […]

Our team has concluded the second stage of the national survey launched this summer. Out of the 170 localities where Jewish cemeteries could have been located according to various sources, we documented 130 burial sites. The collected data will now be processed, and our historians will prepare a report on Jewish cemeteries in Serbia — […]