Jewish Heritage Europe News

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura!   Saggio fotografico: immagini dei 10 comandamenti per celebrare Shavuot 2023 25 maggio 2023 La festa di Shavuot, celebratasi da giovedì ... continue reading →... Read more

(JHE) — The festival of Shavuot, which begins tonight, marks the reception of the Torah — and Ten Commandments — at Mt. Sinai. Jews traditionally go to synagogue on Shavuot to hear the Ten Commandments read out: 1. I am the ... continue reading →... Read more

Thanks to a partnership between Jewish communal organisations, NGOs and private individuals, more than 300 matzevot  used as paving in the town of Sniatyn in western Ukraine have been rescued and removed to a local Jewish cemetery. Plans are to ... continue reading →... Read more

An  important new resource for Jewish heritage sites in the Czech Republic is now online– a revamped and updated web site  aimed at creating a complete online database of the synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and other sites around the country. Called Židovské ... continue reading →... Read more

A Jewish gravestone apparently from the 19th century that had been uprooted and converted into a millstone is for sale on an online auction site in Belarus. It was put up for sale from someone from the town of Molodechno. ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura!   Ungheria: restaurato il vecchio cimitero ebraico di Veszprém, reinaugurato come parco commemorativo nel contesto della Capitale Europea della Cultura 2023 ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share the Call for the new Isaacsohn and André Families’ Visiting Fellowship at the Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies at Sussex University (England), for scholars in Jewish, Holocaust, and Israel Studies. The Fellowship was launched in 2023 and ... continue reading →... Read more

The old Jewish cemetery on Szél street in Veszprém has been restored and transformed into a memorial park, which was formally inaugurated this week. Participants at the ceremony Thursday included Rabbi Tamás Verő, Cantor Gergely  Nógrádi, and Hungarian Regional Development ... continue reading →... Read more

The third seminar on Jewish heritage professions for early-career professionals and graduate students, organized by the University of Amsterdam and the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe,  will take place in Amsterdam August 27-September 1. Deadline for submissions is June 30. For ... continue reading →... Read more

A small private Jewish museum and education space has opened in Białystok, in eastern Poland. Called “Miejsce” — The Place — it is a project spearheaded by the longtime, tireless Jewish heritage researcher and activist Tomasz Wiśniewski. It grew out ... continue reading →... Read more

Over the past two years a group of boys from the Roma community has worked to clean and restore the Jewish cemetery in the village of Vinodol, in southwest Slovakia. A ceremony this past week unveiled a Holocaust memorial there ... continue reading →... Read more

We’ve posted a number of Jewish heritage related events coming up in the next couple of weeks — some in person, some online, some hybrid. Click the links to find further details — (and yes, we know there are other ... continue reading →... Read more