What can be done to help study and preserve Europes Jewish archaeological heritage?
On the academic level: Scholarly contacts should be encouraged between Judaic scholars and archaeologists, offering a better understanding for both the potential benefits of both disciplines in better understanding the history of Jewish life in Europe. On the community level: Contemporary Jewish communities in Europe and the populations of places where Jewish populations no longer exist must be encouraged to recognize the presence and importance of Jewish archaeological remains in their localities as an element of shared inheritance-and as the platform for educational and cultural activities. On the policy level: Government ministries of culture and antiquities services must be encouraged to protect the physical state and unique character of Jewish archaeological remains as part of a common national heritage, neither ignoring them nor homogenizing them into a mainstream national history.
