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Job Opportunity: General Manager, Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM). Deadline for application is January 22.

There is still time to apply for the position of General Manager of the Association of European Jewish Museums (AEJM). Deadline for applications in January 22. The General Manager will coordinate the work of AEJM Program Managers, represent AEJM within ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2026-01-06

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Our first JHE Newsletter for 2026 is out — catch up with what you might have missed!

Our first JHE Newsletter of 2026 is out — catch up with what you may have missed! News, views, and insights from the past few weeks… from the UK, France, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and more — including ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2026-01-05

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JHE in italiano: sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Mazel tov a Michael Mail, fondatore e direttore esecutivo della Foundation for Jewish Heritage, insignito dell’Ordine dell’Impero Britannico (MBE) da Re Carlo III 1 gennaio ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2026-01-04

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UK: Mazel tov to Michael Mail, founder and executive director of the Foundation for Jewish Heritage, awarded an MBE in King Charles III’s New Year Honors List

Mazel tov to Michael Mail, the founder and Executive director of the Foundation for Jewish Heritage, who has been awarded an MBE — Member of the Order of the British Empire — in King Charles III’s 2026 New Year Honors ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2026-01-01

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Romania new update: The restoration of the synagogue in Seini is proceeding apace. It will become a concert hall and Jewish museum.

The restoration of the synagogue building in Seini, in northwest Romania, is proceeding. 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 cultural ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-30

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JHE in italiano: Sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Polonia: grazie a nuovi e importanti finanziamenti, proseguiranno I piani per modernizzare la sinagoga Ottocentesca di Konin e trasformarla in uno spazio culturale che valorizzi ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-29

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Poland Update: Thanks to new, major funding, plans can go ahead to modernize the early 19th century synagogue building in Konin and convert it into a cultural space highlighting the diverse cultural and religious history of the town.

Thanks to a grant of more than 16 million zlotys (around €3,800,000), the city of Konin in central Poland will be able to go ahead with plans to modernize the early 19th century synagogue building and convert it into a ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-25

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Slovakia: A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia — is undertaking the gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča

A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia — is undertaking the gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča, in eastern Slovakia. It started in August with clean-up operations and hopes to complete ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-22

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Encore post: Our Hanukkah video — synagogue wall and ceiling paintings and other decoration that almost remind us of fancy gift wrapping….

Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah — we hope that the Festival of Light will inspire us in these difficult times! At the start of the holiday, we celebrated light — posting images of Light and Lights in and around ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-21

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JHE in italiano: Sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Francia: lanciata una campagna di raccolta fondi per restaurare l’ex sinagoga di Hégenheim e trasformarla in un centro d’arte. La sinagoga non è utilizzata per ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-21

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France: A fundraising campaign is launched to restore the former synagogue in Hégenheim as an arts center. The synagogue has not been used for worship in more than a century

In collaboration with France’s Heritage Foundation, the owner and the association that operates the historic former synagogue in Hégenheim have launched a fundraising campaign to continue restoration of the building as an arts center. Donations will make it possible to ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-17

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UK: Grants awarded for Brighton’s Middle Street Synagogue project and a project about Jewish history and the Moses Montefiore synagogue in Grimsby

Two projects aimed as preserving and valorizing Jewish history and heritage and in two seacoast cities — Brighton, on the English Channel and Grimsby, on the North Sea — have received National Lottery Heritage funded grants. One is the ongoing ... continue reading →... Read more

Published on: 2025-12-16

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