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A restored Jewish cemetery in the Serbian town of Bela Crkva. Credit: Courtesy of ESJF.

Special initiative to map and preserve historic European Jewish cemeteries

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A new initiative to map historic Jewish cemeteries will utilize a drone to fly over 1,500 endangered burial sites. According to Time magazine, the German-based European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative will feature a team of drone operators surveying...
Unveiling a plaque at the newly restored Jewish cemetery in Lubavitch, Russia—the cradle of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Credit: ESJF.

Historic preservation project underway at Jewish cemetery in Lubavitch, Russia

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The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF), together with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and Geder Avos Jewish Heritage Group, Inc., held a historic unveiling ceremony on Aug. 26 of a new preservation project at the Jewish...