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Leaning into the Sacred- A Return to the Jewish Cemetery

Leaning into the Sacred- A Return to the Jewish Cemetery

by Emily Besler-Dean | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog

“That sounds kinda sad,” My friend’s mouth twisted.  I had just told her that I was going to be participating in a cemetery field school. I got her reaction- death is a lot. But sadness wasn’t top of my mind in July 2023. I was incredibly fortunate last summer to do...
Unveiling Lost Histories: Discovering the Power of Ground Penetrating Radar & An Important Reminder of Why We’re Here

Unveiling Lost Histories: Discovering the Power of Ground Penetrating Radar & An Important Reminder of Why We’re Here

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog

A reflection of day 2 of 7 of our field course, in which we learned about the theory behind ground penetrating radar and made our first visit of many to the cemetery. Guest post by Cooper GPR with Dr. Whiting Yesterday was only the second day of our heritage &...

Fulfilling Projects, Passions, and Coming Full Circle – Our Final Week at Emanu-El (Guest post by Emily K)

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog

These last days of May and beginning days of June herald an end to our time here at the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery. As was promised by Erin, this end has appeared overwhelmingly and suddenly. Too soon, in fact, for most of us who have spent and will be spending...

Heritage and Historical Archaeology: Field School Day One

by MacKenzie Gibson | May 17, 2017 | Blog

Heritage and Historical Archaeology  Overhead map of The Emanu-El Cemetery listed as “Jewish Cemetery” this is where our Anthropology field school will be taking place over the next 3 weeks. (Photo from The Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria, accessed May 13, 2017.) I...
Insights into Headstone Preservation at the Jewish Cemetery

Insights into Headstone Preservation at the Jewish Cemetery

by Tulsa Williams | May 14, 2017 | Blog

Walking into Victoria’s Jewish cemetery for the first time anyone can tell that it’s a place that holds countless stories into Victoria’s history. With the cemetery’s official opening dating back to 1860 multiple burials found within its gates were influential members...
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