We are deeply saddened by the death of our longtime friend Nikos Stavroulakis, an artist and scholar who was the co-founder and former director of the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens and the driving force behind the restoration … continue reading →
NOTE: This news item is being re-posted (and updated) following our server crash, so it has a different URL from the original post Mazel tov to the Krakow Jewish Cultural Festival, which has been granted the “Festivals for Europe, Europe … continue reading →
Windows in three historic synagogues in Venice — the Scuola Canton, Scuola Tedesca and Scuola Spagnola — have been restored thanks to the World Monuments Fund and partners, with grants from the David Berg Foundation and other donors. All … continue reading →
In its just-published report on its activities in 2016, the Litvak Cemetery Catalogue – (MACEVA) lists work carried out to document, digitize, or clean-up a number of Jewish cemeteries around Lithuania. These included: Švenčionys (Svintsyán). Among other actions, 11 … continue reading →
From guided tours to exhibitions to a book launch and more, there are a lot of Jewish heritage-related events coming up in Europe during the rest of this month. Click here to see our JHE Calendar — more events … continue reading →
