Jewish Heritage Europe

France: A fundraising campaign is launched to restore the former synagogue in Hégenheim as an arts center. The synagogue has not been used for worship in more than a century

In collaboration with France’s Heritage Foundation, the owner and the association that operates the historic former synagogue in Hégenheim have launched a fundraising campaign to continue restoration of the building as an arts center.  Donations will make it possible to … continue reading →

UK: Grants awarded for Brighton’s Middle Street Synagogue project and a project about Jewish history and the Moses Montefiore synagogue in Grimsby

Two projects aimed as preserving and valorizing Jewish history and heritage and in two seacoast cities — Brighton, on the English Channel and Grimsby, on the North Sea — have received National Lottery Heritage funded grants. One is the ongoing … continue reading →

Hanukkah 2025 — Celebrating the Festival of Light, with images of Light…May Light help us find our way, and peace and beauty prevail!

A Hanukkah menorah in the synagogue in Mondovi, Italy

We wish all our readers a Happy Hanukkah! In these difficult times, and  in the wake of the horror in Sydney,  the spirit of Light is needed even more than ever — so, as we’ve done in the past, we … continue reading →