The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/restoration-of-eastern-european-jewish-cemeteries-project/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:45:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Restoration of Eastern European Jewish Cemeteries Project | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/restoration-of-eastern-european-jewish-cemeteries-project/ 32 32 A new memorial rises up from the rubble of a Belarus cemetery destroyed by the Nazis https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-new-memorial-rises-up-from-the-rubble-of-a-belarus-cemetery-destroyed-by-the-nazis/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:32:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3108209 Once a vibrant center of Torah study, Brest saw its 20,000 Jews eradicated in the Holocaust. Now, its shattered gravestones get a new purpose after gathering dust for decades

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]]> Nazi aerial photography is helping map and preserve Jewish cemeteries https://www.timesofisrael.com/nazi-aerial-photography-is-helping-map-and-preserve-jewish-cemeteries/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:19:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1931758 With modest funding from the German government, the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative is racing to locate and fence in neglected and vandalized burial grounds

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]]> German initiative preserves 70 Jewish graveyards https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-initiative-preserves-70-jewish-graveyards/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:24:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1407333 Costs of the ambitious project reach tens of millions, with thousands of Jewish cemeteries in dire need of repair

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]]> Polish police arrest vandal of Jewish tombstones https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-police-arrest-vandal-of-jewish-tombstones/ Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:49:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=899574 Suspect reportedly desecrated over a dozen graves at an 18th-century cemetery near Krakow

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]]> Europe’s communities overwhelmed by cemetery upkeep https://www.timesofisrael.com/europes-communities-overwhelmed-by-cemetery-upkeep/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:05:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=449092 Graveyards of annihilated communities are disintegrating as the remaining Jews use their limited resources on the living

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]]> New York orthodontist restores Jewish history, one grave at a time https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-orthodontist-restores-jewish-history-one-grave-at-a-time/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:22:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=319140 Michael Lozman's cemetery-rehabilitation project educates college students and helps to reclaim Eastern Europe's Jewish past

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