Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization

Founded in 2011, Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization is a non-profit association based in Jerusalem, Israel working on heritage, science & research, education.

Non-profit organisation based in Jerusalem that documents, preserves and disseminates the history and cultural heritage of Jewish communities in Galicia and Bukovina. Its work includes archival research, fieldwork documenting cemeteries and synagogues in Romania and Ukraine, an online database of primary materials and bibliography, academic fellowships, and academic centres for research. It traces its origins to the Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry, founded in 1987 by Rabbi Meir Wunder, and the Ludmer Fund, launched in 2008. The organisation joined these in 2011 as the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization.