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As Israel and the Jewish world mark the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, we post some images of Jerusalem found in synagogues, demonstrating the connection felt by Jews to the Holy Land. ...
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As Israel and the Jewish world mark the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, we post some images of Jerusalem found in European synagogues, demonstrating the connection felt by Jews to the Holy Land
As Israel and the Jewish world mark the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 massacre, we post some images of Jerusalem found in synagogues, demonstrating the connection felt by
JHE in italiano: Sommario settimanale
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Shana tovà 5785! Un felice anno nuovo ebraico 5785! 2 ottobre 2024 Le Alte Festività
Shana Tova 5785!
The High Holidays are a season of both reflection and renewal. The past year has been a difficult one for the Jewish world, with Israel and Ukraine at war and
The JHE Newsletter High Holidays edition is out — catch up with what you might have missed over the past few weeks
The High Holidays edition of our JHE Newsletter is out — catch up with what you might have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Ukraine,
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Spotlight: Eugeny Kotlyar: The Ukrainian Shtetl. Homecoming to Places of Strength. Photos and text from his US exhibition
Artist, art historian. and Jewish heritage researcher Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts and chair of the Academic Board of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies, has been documenting one-time shtetls in western Ukraine for more than two decades. Fordham University in New York is currently hosting an exhibition of his photographs. Kotylar has authorized us to post a selection of photographs from the exhibit, as well as excerpts from a long article that he wrote for the exhibition catalogue.