Jewish Heritage Europe News

The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev) has recently uploaded a fascinating new resource — the photographic archives of  Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-18
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Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Polonia: è venuto a mancare Herman Storick (1929-2024), discendente americano di ebrei polacchi, che ha lavorato per salvare il cimitero ebraico nel suo villaggio ancestrale, ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-17
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The full indexed catalog of the burials in the historic Old Jewish Cemetery in Suceava, in the Bukovina region of northern Romania, is now online, on the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina (JGB) web site. The cemetery is one of the ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-14
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Several German research associations and others have founded a network — Net Olam — aimed at linking people, organisations and others working to protect and  preserve Jewish cemeteries in Germany and carry out long-term maintenance and educational activities.  The move ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-12
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We are pleased to share this “Call for Partners” in a German initiative regarding cemeteries in Europe aimed at obtaining UNESCO recognition for “Cemetery Culture in Europe” as  Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Call does not have many details, but there ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-12
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We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the Future for Religious Heritage (FRH)  2024 Conference, which will take place from 22-24 September in Krakow, Poland. Deadline for submission is May 3. The 2024 conference theme is “Religious ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-10
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Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Saggio fotografico: in occasione della Giornata Internazionale della Donna, commemoriamo le donne ricordate sulle lapidi con i loro ritratti 8 marzo 2024 La scorsa settimana ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-10
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Today, March 8, is marked around the world as International Women’s Day. In past years, 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) ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-08
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Check out the new essay in our “Long(er) Reads” section — by Vitalii Kamozin, with additional commentary by Milton Koch. It’s about the ongoing initiative to install simple, uniform memorial monuments to mark the sites of Jewish cemeteries all over ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-07
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An out of control grass fire swept the Jewish cemetery in Berdychiv, blackening part of the sprawling area but, sources in Ukraine told JHE, apparently only dry grass burned and the granite matzevot were not seriously damaged. Firefighters called by ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-07
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There are still a few days to apply for this Freelance Job Opportunity as a Social Media Manager for our friends at Hidden Treasures: Celebrating Jewish Archives in Britain. Hours: 1 day per week — Location: Remote (UK based) Salary: Up to ... continue reading →... Read more
Published on: 2024-03-04
By jhe
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