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JHE Photo Essay: for Tu B’Shvat 2023 — Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects

Tu B’Shvat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat — begins tonight. It is known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel ...

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Click on a country to take you to that country's home page, where you will find bibliographies, Jewish communal contacts, and links to Jewish museums, cultural and research institutions with Jewish holdings or focus, Jewish heritage and heritage sites, news items — and much more. (Rather than provide extensive information for most heritage sites, we have aggregated links and link to local web sites and data bases where you can find details.)

Some of the country pages have less content than others… Jewish Heritage Europe is a developing resource and we are adding more and more content on a daily basis — so please come back!

Slide 3 - Cemeteries

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Visit the JHE Jewish Cemeteries Portal, where we draw together news, information and resources about Jewish cemeteries and gravestones, as well as information on best-practices and on preservation and documentation. If you have a question you can ask for advice on projects — through the new EJCAN European Jewish Cemetery Advisory Network.

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JHE Photo Essay: for Tu B’Shvat 2023 — Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects

Tu B’Shvat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat — begins tonight. It is known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the

jhe February 5, 2023

JHE in italiano: sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura! Romania: una sovvenzione dell’ambasciata degli Stati Uniti finanzia il campo

jhe February 5, 2023

Romania: A U.S. Embassy grant funds the Conservation and Restoration study camp this summer at Alba Iulia’s Jewish cemetery. Places are limited, so sign up now to volunteer

Conservation work on matzevot in the historic Jewish cemetery in Alba Iulia will continue this year thanks to a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest, made through the Ambassadors

jhe February 3, 2023

Job Opportunity: Permanent part-time staff member at Austrian Jewish Museum, Eisenstadt

The Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt is seeking to employ a permanent part-time staff member, to deal with visitors. Responsibilities will include leading guided tours in the museum occasional tours

jhe February 1, 2023

Have your say

In Minsk Hillel’s MEGA project, young volunteers bring lost Jewish cemeteries back to light

For the past seven years, the Hillel Jewish Students Cultural Center in Minsk has carried out a youth volunteer project to recover, maintain, and restore Jewish cemeteries in Belarus.

In this essay, Hillel Minsk director Alena Kuliounich describes the unique initiative, part of Hillel’s MEGA — Memory Education Generation Activity – project, implemented with the support of Genesis Philanthropy Group, Hillel International, Hillel CASE, Shalom Corps, and the US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.

Click to read her essay »