Jewish Heritage Europe News

We want to highlight an EU-funded project on the tourism potential of Jewish cultural heritage that is under way  in six partner countries. It’s called  — the JEWELS TOUR, an acronym taken from its full name – JEWish hEritage as ... continue reading →... Read more

Today, May 25, is marked as Memorial Day in the United States, a holiday observed on the last Monday in May to honor the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Jewish soldiers were among the ... continue reading →... Read more

A major exhibition about the discoveries made during the excavations of the site of the destroyed great Synagogue  is under way at the Lithuanian Jewish Culture and Identity Museum in Vilnius. Called Unearthing the Great Synagogue of Vilna. it  opened on ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Bando: lanciato il nuovo Premio Simone Veil dell’UE per iniziative dedicate al patrimonio culturale ebraico. La scadenza per la presentazione delle candidature è il 31 ... continue reading →... Read more

Applications are open for the first edition of the Simone Veil Prize, a new, annual European cultural award for Jewish heritage initiatives, co-funded under the Creative Europe Programme (2021-2027) of the European Union. Deadline for applications is July 31. The ... continue reading →... Read more

Restoration work on the synagogue building in Seini, in northwest Romania, has been completed. As we posted in 2023, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, concert hall, and ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Nuovo video della serie “New Challenging Conversations” sui musei ebraici, con Brigitte Sion, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett e Miriam Wenzel 14 maggio 2026 Nell’episodio finale della serie ... continue reading →... Read more

  In the final episode in the “Challenging Conversations video series marking the 25th anniversary of of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, Dr. Brigitte Sion, curator of the Judaica Index and Museum Grants Manager at the Foundation, brings together two ... continue reading →... Read more

We were happy to learn from the Ukrainian Jewish scholar Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar that repairs have been completed on the stained glass windows in the historic synagogue in the Podil district of Kyiv, which were damaged in October  by a ... continue reading →... Read more

The JHE Newsletter for May is out — catch up on what you might have missed. In this issue, news, views, and insights from Czech Republic, Ukraine, Poland, France, Romania, Netherlands, Lithuania, and more…. We also link to a fascinating ... continue reading →... Read more

We highlighted the book Virtual and Real-Life Spaces of Jewish Europe in the 21st Century back in December after its publication.  We now recommend the new podcast episode about the book. In it, the co-editors, Joachim Schloer and Maja Hultman ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Ucraina: è stata completata la prima fase di restauro dell’ex sinagoga chassidica di Chortkiv, destinata a diventare un centro culturale e artistico municipale polifunzionale 7 maggio ... continue reading →... Read more