Jewish Heritage Europe News

Passover — Pesach — begins on Monday night, with the Seder meal — a ritual repast that forms the basis of installations in various Jewish (and sometimes other) museums. With its Matzo and its symbolic foods arranged on a special ... continue reading →... Read more

Young volunteers are restoring the one-time synagogue in a centuries-old building  in Dernau, on the Ahr River in western Germany, that suffered serious damage in devastating floods that swept the area in 2021. The next volunteer restoration camp is scheduled ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Germania: la città di Plauen ha avviato una campagna di raccolta fondi per preservare il muro in rovina che appartenne alla sinagoga e creare un ... continue reading →... Read more

The city of Plauen, in eastern Germany near the Czech border, has launched a crowd-funding campaign to help support the preservation of the surviving ruined wall of its pre-WW2 synagogue and create a memorial there. The official launch took place ... continue reading →... Read more

Registration is open for volunteers to take part in the annual clean-up and restoration camp at the historic Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia, Romania. This year it will take place from July 4-12. Places are limited, so register soon. Registrations ... continue reading →... Read more

We have posted a number of times about the former synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and the project to create there a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre, spearheaded by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. Here’s another aspect of the Jewish heritage ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for a major lecture to be given in November in New York,  related to Jewish heritage and history in Central Europe. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2024 The Jewish ... continue reading →... Read more

We have posted several times about Genizas — depositories of worn out or disused ritual and other objects which for religious reasons cannot simply be thrown away. Sometimes they are buried in Jewish cemeteries; often they are hidden away in ... continue reading →... Read more

We are pleased to share this call for applications for a consultancy post via the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. Deadline for applications in April 28. The Foundation  is looking to recruit a Planning and Heritage Consultant as part of the ... continue reading →... Read more

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici    Polonia: lanciato il programma 2024 della Fondazione Matzevah, che offre opportunità di volontariato per pulire alcuni cimiteri ebraici 5 aprile 2024 Vuoi fare volontariato quest’estate ... continue reading →... Read more

Want to volunteer this summer to help clean up a Jewish cemetery in Poland? The Matzevah Foundation (TMF) has announced its cemetery clean-up projects for this summer. There are doing some together with other organisations, but there are two where ... continue reading →... Read more

The restoration at the Old Synagogue of Carpi, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, has been completed, and the sanctuary – seriously damaged in 2012 earthquakes — will soon be reopened to the public as a permanent exhibition center focused ... continue reading →... Read more