A new Jewish heritage trip to Galicia and Bukovina has begun. It was a long day for my friends Marla, Jay, Vasyl, my cousin Nana and me when we went from Lviv to Ivano-Frankivsk. In between were the towns of Zhydachiv, Stryi, Bolekhiv, Dolyna and Kalush with its synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. Some of them are beautifully preserved, others are fully gone.

Zhydachiv Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi synagogue

Stryi – former Jewish quarter

Stryi – trace of a mezuzah in the former Jewish quarter

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi Jewish cemetery

Stryi – mass grave site

Bolekhiv synagogue

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Bolekhiv Jewish cemetery

Dolyna synagogue – now a church

Dolyna Jewish cemetery

Dolyna Jewish cemetery

Kalush Jewish cemetery

Kalush Jewish cemetery

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