This is a crosspost from Samuel Gruber’s Jewish Arts and Monuments blog Greece: Ioannina Jewish Cemetery Designated Protected Historic Site by Samuel D. Gruber (n.b. this article contains information provided by Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos,President, Association of Friends of Greek Jewry and the … continue reading →
JHE coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber writes that even though the project has been greenlighted, Rome is still at least three years away from having its Museum of the Shoah. The $30 million, city-funded museum, Italy’s first fullscale Holocaust museum, is to be … continue reading →
The Museum of the History of Polish Jews has unveiled its new logo: a green and grey “P” formed in part by the Hebrew letter “pey”… What do you think of it? Here’s what the Museum says: NEW LOGO OF … continue reading →
Good news on the decade-long project to restore the wooden “Green Synagogue” in Rezekne, Latvia. Here is a cross post from Samuel D. Gruber’s Jewish art and monuments blog: Latvia: Rezekne Green Synagogue Restoration Update by Samuel D. Gruber (ISJM) … continue reading →
Laser portraits on Jewish gravestones are a common means of personalizing the stones in the former Soviet Union — and now this trend has been transported to the United States by recent immigrants. The Forward runs a wonderful narrated … continue reading →
