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| ABOUT LO TISHKACH
The Lo Tishkach Foundation European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative aims to guarantee the effective and lasting preservation and protection of Jewish cemeteries and mass graves throughout Europe. More...< |
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EDUCATION: 100 Lithuanian Youth Attend Project Seminar
 | About 100 youth involved in the Lithuanian Lo Tishkach project attended a seminar in the Lithuanian town of Trakai during the first weekend of May. In the course of the seminar, participants learnt about Jewish cemetery and heritage issues and visited a local Holocaust mass grave site. Read more... |
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Ukrainian School Improves Access to Tarascha Mass Grave Site
 | The 'Erudit' Secondary School in the Ukrainian town of Tarascha has launched a project to improve access to a local Holocaust mass grave site. Trees have been planted to point the way towards the burial ground, which is located inside a ravine. As part of the project, the school’s pupils learn about the Holocaust and how it wiped out the local Jewish community. Read more... |
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CEMETERY WATCH April 2010
 | Germany: Jewish cemetery desecrated; memorial stone unveiled - The Netherlands: New book about Jewish cemeteries; memorial stone unveiled - - Poland: Jewish cemetery returned to Jewish community - Slovakia: Jewish cemetery desecrated - Spain: Ceuta authorities help restore Jewish cemetery. Read more... |
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EDUCATION: Lo Tishkach Seminar Brings Together Project Partners
 | All current as well as potential future Lo Tishkach project partners from Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania met at a seminar in Kiev April 14-15. During the seminar, current partners presented their ongoing projects and discussed various issues linked to large-scale educational surveys of Jewish cemeteries and mass graves in Eastern Europe. Read more... |
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Lo Tishkach Calls on European Union to Protect Jewish Cemeteries
 | A delegation of the Conference of European Rabbis, including Philip Carmel, Executive Director of the Lo Tishkach Foundation, met with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek in Brussels. Read more... |
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VOLUNTEERING: Do You Speak Russian?
 | The swift processing of data on Jewish cemeteries and mass graves is key to organising the protection of these sites. As our 2009-10 projects are taking place in Ukraine and the Baltic states, much of the material we gather is in Russian. Can you devote a few hours to translate some of the data from Russian to English? Read more... |
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CEMETERY WATCH February 2010
| | France: Municipal decision expected on cemetery, Strasbourg Jewish cemetery vandalised - Germany: Cemetery project awarded, Gravestones re-erected - United Kingdom: Jewish cemetery restored - Poland: Jewish cemetery saved - Austria: Solution for cemetery restoration. Read more... |
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| | Karczew Jewish Cemetery, Poland © Sebastian Penconek/Lo Tishkach |
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