Jewish Heritage Europe News

We are pleased to share this call for submissions for a photo competition for university students focusing on synagogue buildings and their current uses: Deadline for submission is May 4. The Holtzer–Horváth–Lindberg Foundation invites university students to participate in the ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Russia: l’ex sinagoga di Novorossijsk è destinata al restauro. Chiusa dai sovietici nel 1928, oggi ospita il Centro delle Culture Nazionali della città 12 febbraio ... continue reading →... Read more

The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk plans to repair and restore the city’s Center of National Cultures, a distinctive city landmark that originally served as a synagogue (and according to local media is still referred to as such). Constructed  in ... continue reading →... Read more

The synagogue in Břeclav, now part of the  Municipal Museum and Gallery with a permanent exhibit on local Jewish history,  is undergoing a significant restoration of its exterior and interior that will last under June. “After a quarter of a ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Germania: il Museo Altona di Amburgo inaugura una mostra permanente sulla storia ebraica cittadina, integrando una componente ebraica all’interno di un museo generalista 6 febbraio ... continue reading →... Read more

Hamburg’s Altona Museum, one of the largest regional museums in Germany, has opened a permanent exhibition about 400 years of local Jewish history, incorporating  a Jewish component in a mainstream museum. The exhibit, Landmarks of Jewish History: A project space ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for JewishGen’s sixth annual Bennett and Robin Greenspan L’Dor V’Dor Legacy Program for university students and recent graduates, to take place from July 7 to July 16, 2026. The deadline for applications ... continue reading →... Read more

A century-old synagogue in London’s East End will go up for auction on February 12, with a guide price of more than £2 million. The East London Central Synagogue, also known as Nelson Street Synagogue, was founded in 1923.  It ... continue reading →... Read more

It’s Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower.  It is the custom to reflect on our ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Slovacchia: a Bardejov è in fase di realizzazione un Museo della Cultura Ebraica. Gli organizzatori stanno contattando residenti e discendenti per raccogliere oggetti da includere.  ... continue reading →... Read more

A Museum of Jewish Culture is being developed in Bardejov, in eastern Slovakia. It will be  located in the recently restored beit midrash — one of the components of the historic Jewish quarter — the Jewish Suburbium, which together with ... continue reading →... Read more

January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or ... continue reading →... Read more