Our new client: Jewish Galicia and Bukovina

We are now working with a new client, Jewish Galicia and Bukovina, a non-profit association that seeks to document and preserve the cultural heritage of the Jewish communities of Galicia and Bukovina (a region covering areas located in modern-day Ukraine, Romania and Poland). The association, in cooperation with Hebrew University's Nevzlin Center, has already sent two fieldwork delegations to Ukraine, and their findings can be viewed on the association's web site, http://www.jewishgalicia.net

We are in the process of aiding Jewish Galicia and Bukovina to obtain funding for its two main projects: Building a database of primary material on the Jews of Galicia and Bukovina, which will include documentation of Jewish sites (cemeteries, synagogues, etc.), oral history testimonies and more, and sending additional fieldwork delegations to gather material that will then be included in the database; and sponsoring scholarships for Ukrainian doctoral and post-doctoral students who wish to research topics related to the Jewish history of Galicia and Bukovina. These three-year scholarships will include a year of study in Israel.