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Obj. ID: 16094
  Funerary Art
  New Jewish cemetery in Zbarazh, Ukraine

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Khaimovich, Boris, 1995

According to ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, the exact period of the cemetery's establishment is unknown. The earliest preserved gravestone relates to the early 20th century so it can be assumed that the cemetery emerged during that period. First, it appears on Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny (WIG) maps of 1939.

The cemetery is fenced. Its eastern side is surrounded by a metal fence, its three other sides are surrounded by a new brick fence
with metal sections on top and metal gates. There are about 200 gravestones. 

Date of the oldest tombstone: 1905

Date of the latest tombstone: 1946

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
New Jewish cemetery in Zbarazh | Unknown
Object Detail
Tombstone
Monument Setting
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Date
early 20th century (?)
Active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Community type
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Congregation
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Location
Ukraine | Ternopilska obl. | Zbarazh (Збараж)
| At the crossroad of Hrushevskoho and Hoholya Streets
Site
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School/Style
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Period
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Period Detail
Collection
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Documentation / Research project
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20 image(s)    items per page

20 image(s)    items per page
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Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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Material / Technique
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
Length
Width
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

According to Jewish Stines US:

"In 2014, at the initiative of the mayor of Zbarazh, Roman Polikrovsky, vegetation clearing and maintenance work was organized and carried out, making the site accessible to visitors and enabling photographic documentation.

In late 2018, ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative installed a perimeter fence of stone and metal to mark the site boundaries and to identify its purpose, and in 2022 they installed a bilingual Ukrainian/English information sign to provide historical and cultural context for the cemetery and the Jewish community it served.

Since 2019, as part of the ESJF education program and with the collaboration of historian Tetiana Fedoriv, the site has also served as a training ground for Ukrainian educators, civil society activists, and heritage preservationists on the use of historic Jewish cemeteries for cross-cultural understanding and appreciation.

Research on site shows that the cemetery is informally divided into two sections, an older and a newer one. The earlier and smaller section includes graves dating from the Habsburg era, i.e. from 1906 to sometime after the end of WWI; epitaphs on those matzevot are primarily in Hebrew but some include German-language texts as well. Burials in the larger and later section date from the Polish interwar era (and a few through the end of WWII), with epitaphs again in Hebrew but many also with brief Polish-language texts."

The tombstones are cataloged and available on the site of Jewish Stones US.

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