Monday marked a day that many skeptics doubted would ever happen — after years of delays and false starts, the long-derelict synagogue in Vidin, on heights overlooking the Danube, opened after a full restoration as a multipurpose cultural center dedicated … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Applications by CEU in Vienna for a new Course in Jewish Heritage. Deadline for submission of application is October 1, 2023. This special course will be taught from January to April 2024 by staff … continue reading →
Today marks the kickoff of the annual European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC)! Its over-arching theme this year is Memory. This year, official kickoff events are taking place in Brussels — but there are hundreds of other events, stretching into … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura! Ucraina: Recupero lapide a Sokal 1° settembre 2023 Questa settimana, circa cento lapidi ebraiche sono state recuperate da volontari dal … continue reading →
Volunteers have been working this week — with hand tools and and with heavy machinery — to recover some 100 or so matzevot from the destroyed Jewish cemetery in Sokal, near L’viv, and bring them for safekeeping to the town’s … continue reading →
