In Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, a memorial park has been opened on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue to honor the town’s once-thriving pre-WW2 Jewish community. The Great Synagogue … continue reading →
The JHE Newsletter for November is out. A summary of our News, Views, and Insights from the past month. This month — a focus on Jewish museums, Jewish cemeteries, and international Jewish heritage initiatives — with articles from Romania, Germany, … continue reading →
Warmest congratulations to the Dutch curator and museum manager Hetty Berg, who has been appointed the new Director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Berg, currently the chief curator and museum manager of the Jewish Cultural Quarter in Amsterdam, will … continue reading →
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a far-reaching Resolution and set of Recommendations that recognize the importance of Jewish heritage and call for local, national, and international efforts to preserve and protect Jewish heritage sites around … continue reading →
Recent Jewish heritage developments in the city of Poznan in western Poland have made headlines: the Jewish community is reported to have sold the former synagogue, apparently to a hotel developer, and the city wants to rescue Jewish gravestones that … continue reading →
