The Foundation for Jewish Heritage has purchased the historic but derelict synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and hopes to realize plans to transform it into a Welsh Jewish Heritage Center. “The Foundation wants the Merthyr project to promote inter-cultural dialogue … continue reading →
The death last month of Edda Servi Machlin, known for her Italian Jewish cookbooks, has prompted a focus on the Jewish heritage in her hometown, the beautiful hill town of Pitigliano, dramatically perched on a neck of rust-colored tufa rock … continue reading →
Ecco l’appuntamento settimanale con le novità dal mondo dei beniculturali ebraici in Europa. Novità importanti provenienti da Italia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Ungheria, e tutto Europa. SOMMARIO 1-5 SETTEMBRE Italia: articolo dettagliato sulle antiche catacombe ebraiche di Venosa 5 settembre 2019 … continue reading →
Back in July, we published a extensive report on the ancient Jewish catacombs and other ancient Jewish heritage in the town of Venosa in southern Italy, following a visit there by JHE Director Ruth Ellen Gruber. Ruth’s brother, the architectural … continue reading →
The Jewish cemetery in the town of Zvornik, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been put on the list of national monuments — and also declared an Endangered Monument. News reports say that the Commission to Preserve National Monuments took the … continue reading →
