Pardon the fireworks, but we have something to celebrate! Our Jewish Heritage Europe Newsfeed has just passed a big milestone — more than 500 posts in the bit more than two years that we’ve been active! (This post, BTW, … continue reading →
For those in Prague — an exhibition on Jewish traces in the Prague 2 district (New Town) will be on display until June 1 on the ground floor of the New Town Hall, Karolovo namesti 1/23. Organized by the District … continue reading →
The Art Nouveau synagogue in Subotica (Szabadka) Serbia, which has been undergoing fitful restoration since the 1970s, has been placed on Europa Nostra’s 2014 list of Europe’s Seven Most Endangered Monuments and Sites. (We reported in March that it was … continue reading →
For Italian-speakers, the newspaper il Resto di Carlino in Bologna runs an interview with Franco Bonilauri, the founding director of the Jewish Museum in Bologna, who will be retiring in August. In it, Bonilauri (who is not Jewish) reflects … continue reading →
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has launched an important new online resource on Jews and Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Poland: the YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland. The vast online collection, which includes digitized manuscripts, posters, photographs, … continue reading →
