While the Jewish community regularly upholds their commitment by maintaining the cemetery, this new initiative will take that idea one step further by publishing and further developing a website dedicated to the historic Jewish cemetery. In the first stage, this site will feature photographs of each grave stone, and the biography of the Jew who is buried there.
Siberian Jews Initiate Project on Historic Cemetery
Omsk, Russia – The Jewish community of Omsk has just introduced a new initiative that will help its members better fulfil the mitzvah of honouring the deceased. This most recent project entails the collection of information and photos of the historic Jewish cemetery in this major west Siberian population center.
While the Jewish community regularly upholds their commitment by maintaining the cemetery, this new initiative will take that idea one step further by publishing and further developing a website dedicated to the historic Jewish cemetery. In the first stage, this site will feature photographs of each grave stone, and the biography of the Jew who is buried there.
The local community is appealing to the public in order to request that they send any information whatsoever concerning the old cemetery, which functioned dating back to 1850. Thanks to the sponsorship of Mikhail Kesler, a local community activist, the preliminary version of this site can already be viewed online.
The Jewish community of Omsk, one of the largest and most active in the entire Siberian zone, is a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia.
