Jewish Heritage Europe News

We always like to highlight new examples of signage at Jewish heritage sites, so it’s good to  note that new multilingual information signs have been installed at both of Rohatyn’s Jewish mass grave memorial sites. They complement  the signs at ... continue reading →... Read more

Restoration work at the 18th century synagogue in Siena kicked off on July 22 and will last until the end of November. The restoration will stabilize the vault, replace the existing roof, and restore the sanctuary’s decorations, all damaged in ... continue reading →... Read more

The recently completed restoration of the synagogue  in Budyně nad Ohří, a small town around 50 km north of Prague, near the Terezin Memorial, is up for a national heritage award — and you can vote for it online as one ... continue reading →... Read more

Are you in eastern France? Do you want to get involved with volunteer actions to maintain and restore Jewish cemeteries? If so — join others  at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24 to carry out volunteer work at the Jewish ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Romania: foto della sinagoga di Seini (in fase di restauro) e del cimitero ebraico locale  17 luglio 2024 La sinagoga di Seini, nel nord-ovest della ... continue reading →... Read more

(JHE) — We posted just last week about the restoration under way at the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania — and here we are again, as JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber (who is on a Jewish heritage trip in ... continue reading →... Read more

(JHE) — A former synagogue in Prostějov is no longer listed for open sale, and the owners again want to sell it to the city, according to local media. In March, we posted that the synagogue, which dates from around ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Romania: in corso il restauro della sinagoga di Seini, che diverrà un museo ebraico e spazio culturale  11 luglio 2024 Il restauro dell’ex sinagoga di ... continue reading →... Read more

(JHE) — The restoration of the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania, is now under way. As we posted last year, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a  Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, ... continue reading →... Read more

Artist, art historian. and Jewish heritage researcher Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, was forced to flee from Kharkiv to Lviv after Russian forces bombarded the city. In 2022 he wrote a  ... continue reading →... Read more

(JHE) — A new Holocaust memorial in Poland by the artist Janusz Marciniak is a subtle combination of land art and commemoration. Dedicated with a ceremony last week, it is located at the site of the destroyed Jewish cemetery in ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Grecia: nuovi francobolli onorano sinagoghe  30 giugno 2024 La Grecia ha emesso una serie di francobolli commemorativi raffiguranti alcune sinagoghe del paese. I sei francobolli ... continue reading →... Read more