‘Historical justice done’ as Belarus cemetery memorial officially opened
More than 1200 remnant gravestones of Jews buried on the land and countless others who perished in the Holocaust finally honoured
we are the jewish tapestry project
Jewish Tapestry Project is the USA partner to The Together Plan non-profit based in the UK. Click here to read more about our partnership. Both organisations work collectively with socially and economically vulnerable communities in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to promote community capacity building through research, exploration, heritage projects, education, cultural events and dialogue. Together we help communities discover what can be achieved collectively, working alongside individuals to develop skills and knowledge while providing the necessary training to build a sustainable future.
Through our projects we support Jewish communities, communities with special needs, Holocaust survivors, children of all ages and families living under the poverty line.
The Together Plan draws its inspiration for projects around three central pillars – ‘past’, ‘present’ and ‘future’ and each project drives a central belief which can be distilled into one line …
Jewish people, wherever they are, are not alone.
The Jewish Tapestry Project is working to advance UNDP sustainable Development Goals 4 and 16
- Goal 4 – promoting education around Belarus’s Jewish history, heritage, culture and the Holocaust.
- Goal 16 – promoting peace, justice and the development of strong institutions, through the building of a Jewish Cultural Heritage Trail in Belarus as part of the European Route of Jewish Heritage under the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes Programme, in association with the AEPJ.