Projects

Operating in different temporary think-tanks the officially recognized online archive www.museoon.com, turns out to be  the ideal platform to carefully plan and foster the protection and preservation of our common Cultural Heritage, f.e. the project “Jewish cemetery in Herat, Afghanistan” realised in an international team together with our cooperation partners in  Israel, USA, and Afghanistan.

With financial support from the State Department of the United States Government under President Barack Obama - obtained through our cooperation partner Ms. Osnat Gad, New York - this project idea started in 2015. Together with our cooperation partners in Herat, Afghanistan under the leadership of Mr. Sarajuddin Saraj, engineer and building historian, the cultural project  was successfully realised (see photos and documentation). Moreover, the subsistence of the Afghan workers involved in this cultural project could be  secured over a longer period.

The scientific work and advice for various  cultural heritage  protection projects were carried out by our Team. Ms. Ulrike-Christiane Lintz's research on the history of the Jewish community in Herat, Afghanistan -  published in 2017,

- Lintz, Ulrike-Christiane. “Reflection of Sacred Realities in Urban Contexts: The Synagogues of Herat.“ In: Mohammad Gharipour, ed., Synagogues in the Islamic World, Architecture, Design, and Identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017, 51-72,

typed the scales for the implementation of this project idea. The final editing of   this scientific work mentioned above was also realised with its own financial means. This educational publication by Edinburgh University Press is the first comprehensive documentation on the history of the Jewish community in Herat, Afghanistan. The Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem is already planning to publish this book contribution in Hebrew; the license from Edinburgh University Press Ltd. is available since 02/05/2020.