For our 10th Anniversary this year, JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber was the focus of “New Realities of Jewish Heritage in Europe,” an online program of the National Library of Israel. She was interviewed by her brother, the architectural historian Dr. Samuel D. Gruber, the president of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments — he had also taken part in the New Realities of Jewish Heritage conference in Krakow, June 26-27, that marked the JHE anniversary. (Click here and here to see the recorded live stream of the conference.)
In their hour-long conversation, Ruth and Sam discussed both the origin and development of JHE. And, looking back on their more than 30 years’ involvement in the field, they explored a range of issues regarding Jewish heritage sites and monuments — from their destruction during and after the Holocaust to the “Jewish archaeology” of their documentation and rediscovery; to the multiple challenges and strategies for their preservation and future use: for religious purposes, education, tourism, culture, commemoration, and more.
Watch it here — or on YouTube — or on the NLI web site:
For our anniversary, we also have created a new report brochure summarizing JHE activities since we went live online in 2012.
We are pleased to post below an JPG version — and you can also click to access the Downloadable PDF Version of the report/brochure: A Decade of Jewish Heritage Europe
