Over the past year, we have posted well over 200 items in our Jewish Heritage Europe News Feed and Have Your Say op-eds. As 2017 comes to an end, we thought we would draw attention to the three dozen … continue reading →
We share this call for papers — the deadline for submissions is January 30. Remembering Across the Iron Curtain in the Cold War Era. The Emergence of Holocaust Memory A Joint Conference of the Institute for the Public Understanding … continue reading →
The full report from the 9-day survey using non-invasive, ground-penetrating technology to locate Holocaust mass graves and killing sites in Rohatyn, Ukraine has been published — the 80-page report is available online. As we reported at the time, the survey, … continue reading →
We have a new Have Your Say personal essay — this one by Grażyna Pawlak, who curated the new permanent exhibition on the life and achievements of Rabbi Meir Shapiro (sometime spelled Shapira), who founded the Yeshivat Chachmei … continue reading →
The congregation of Manchester, England’s Higher Crumpsall Synagogue has ended its use of the building and left it; the one-time “cathedral synagogue” will be still be used for Jewish purposes — taken over by a fast-growing Haredi community that will … continue reading →
