Jewish Heritage Europe News

Today, March 8, is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day.  We have marked the day with photo essays showing how women have been represented in Jewish art (click HERE for 2019 and HERE for 2018) or highlighting the ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Francia: la Fondation du Patrimoine annuncia sette sovvenzioni per il restauro di sinagoghe e di altri beni del patrimonio ebraico. Si tratta della prima selezione ... continue reading →... Read more

France’s Heritage Foundation – Fondation du Patrimoine – has announced nearly €1 million in funding to several synagogues, a historic Jewish cemetery, and another Jewish site as part of the Jewish Heritage Program it launched in June 2025 with the ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the workshop: Eric Mendelsohn’s Offices. International Networks of a Jewish Architect in the 20th Century Venue: Bet Tfila – Research Center for Jewish Architecture in Europe, TU Braunschweig Date: 16–17 September ... continue reading →... Read more

The restoration of the long-ruined Ashkenazi Great Synagogue in the Black Sea port of Constanta has been completed, and the building will formally reopen in May, both for religious use and as a cultural venue. Though a few scaffolds are ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici  Polonia: lanciato un concorso di progettazione per trasformare l’ex sinagoga di Kielce in un centro multiculturale 26 febbraio 2026 La città di Kielce ha annunciato un ... continue reading →... Read more

The city of Kielce has announced plans to renovate the former synagogue as a cultural and educational center focused on “common Polish-Jewish heritage, intercultural dialogue, openness and tolerance.”  Working with the Association of Polish Architects, it has launched a design ... continue reading →... Read more

An exhibition at the synagogue in Groningen is marking the building’s 120th anniversary.  Called “Sjoelbouwers! 120 Years of the Groningen Synagogue,” the exhibition traces the development of the synagogue, from the first architectural plans to its festive inauguration in 1906 ... continue reading →... Read more

To mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the United Jewish Community of Ukraine has published a list of around 40 synagogues, Jewish community infrastructure, Jewish cemeteries, monuments, and other Jewish sites that have been damaged or ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Polonia: Lo storico Dariusz Stola è il nuovo direttore del Museo POLIN di Varsavia. Ne era già stato direttore dal 2014 al 2019 19 febbraio ... continue reading →... Read more

Mazel Tov! Poland’s Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska has appointed the award-winning historian Dr. Dariusz Stola the new director of the POLIN  Museum of the History of Polish Jews.  He will begin his five-year term on March ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share this Open Call for Membership from the European Sites of Holocaust Memory (ESHEM) initiative: The European Sites of Holocaust Memory (ESHEM) has launched an open call for membership. ESHEM is a new, pan-European network bringing ... continue reading →... Read more