A richly illustrated guide brochure to Jewish Prague that can be downloaded in seven languages as a PDF has won an award in a competition for tourist promotions in the Czech Republic. The 44-page guide, “Prague: Jewish” was prepared by … continue reading →
By now, it is fairly common — at least in Poland, but also elsewhere — to use the recovered fragments of gravestones from destroyed Jewish cemeteries to create Holocaust memorials. (We wrote about the recovery of gravestones and fragments in … continue reading →
Early career Jewish Studies researchers and/or professionals take note! You may apply for a two-day, interdisciplinary Workshop on Jewish Heritage Records and Digital Humanities, 4-5 September, 2018 at King’s College London. Presented by the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (RFHE) and the … continue reading →
With the launch of our revamped web site, Ruth Ellen Gruber, the Coordinator of Jewish Heritage Europe, takes a moment to reflect on the development of JHE since we went online in 2012. She describes some of the features of … continue reading →
The delicate restoration of the elaborately carved and painted wooden Ark, or Aron Kodesh, of the 17th century Great Synagogue in Iaşi, Romania is nearly complete. This restoration marks the final step in the years-long renovation of the synagogue — the … continue reading →
