A new association has been founded to promote and develop Jewish heritage in southern Italy’s Calabria region, the toe of the Italian boot, where Jews flourished in ancient times and in the middle ages but were ordered expelled in … continue reading →
Sam Gruber has written a detailed appreciation of the new monument recently dedicated at the site of the Jewish cemetery in Serock, Poland — about 40 km north of Warsaw — and we are cross-posting it here from his … continue reading →
Just a reminder — Sunday is the annual European Day of Jewish Culture, with hundreds of events planned in more than two dozen countries. The theme this year in Women in Judaism. Italy, Germany and France have especially rich programs, … continue reading →
The 20th century artist (and rabbi) David Hillman (1894-1974) created richly elaborate stained glass windows for a number of synagogues in the UK, including St. Albans United Synagogue, the Synagogue in St. Johns Wood, London; the Central Synagogue, London; … continue reading →
The Remembrance and Future Foundation invites architects, artists, landscape designers and others to submit designs in a competition for a new monument that will honor Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust. The monument, expected to be unveiled in the … continue reading →
