The timing of our new Have Your Say essay is special. Prof. Marcin Wodziński of the University of Wrocław, Poland just won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship for his volume Historical Atlas of Hasidism. The awards were … continue reading →
A bilateral Slovenian-Israeli research project to digitize Jewish heritage in Slovenia is underway, conducted by the Center for Jewish Art (CJA) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and France Stele Institute of Art History at the Research Centre of the … continue reading →
The European Union has awarded a grant of €800,000 to the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) to map and survey at least 1,500 Jewish cemeteries in five countries in eastern, east-central, and south-eastern Europe: Greece, Moldova, Slovakia, Lithuania and Ukraine. … continue reading →
Municipal authorities have demolished the ornamental gateway leading to the Jewish cemetery in Iaşi, Romania, stating that frequent traffic accidents involving the structure — which arched over a narrow public roadway at a considerable distance from the actual cemetery entrance … continue reading →
The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF), whose main mission is to physically protect Jewish cemeteries in (mainly) Eastern Europe, is looking for a communications and media officer. The job description states that requirements are fluent spoken and written English as … continue reading →
