We celebrate with photos of synagogue decorations that (almost) remind us of fancy gift wrapping.
Jewish Heritage Europe wishes all our readers and friends a Happy Hanukkah!
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It’s traditional to give gifts during the holiday — so, as has become our tradition, we are posting some images here of synagogue wall and ceiling paintings and other decoration that almost remind us of fancy gift wrapping…
Hanukkah is a special time for JHE.
It was on the first night of Hanukkah in 2011, that our web site had its first public presentation — at a holiday reception hosted in Prague by the then- U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Norman Eisen. (The reception was held in the palatial ambassadorial residence, the Petschek Villa; Eisen, the son of a Holocaust survivor from the former Czechoslovakia, went on to write a book about the magnificent residence.)
For us, that first public presentation was truly a moment to recite the Shehecheyanu blessing — even though the JHE web site didn’t go live online until two months later, in February 2012.
Since then, we have continued to grow. And, now into our second decades, we are still growing and expanding — with news posts, resources, links, photos, articles, calendar events and other content being added every week.
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It’s been quite a year, so let’s celebrate with some beautiful images….
Zodiac by artist Lele Luzzati on the ceiling of the Jewish Archives/Library in Rome
