Jewish Heritage Europe

Kristallnacht anniversary 2023: countering destruction with images of wonderful surviving — and restored — synagogues

The  night of November 9-10 marks the 85th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Academic Jewish Studies Grants — Applications Now Open

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Academic Jewish Studies Grants — Applications Now Open Deadline for applications is Tuesday 9 January, 2024 at 5pm UK time. This programme aims to develop rigorous, systematic research and education in academic Jewish studies throughout Europe. … continue reading →

Jewish built heritage and monuments also targeted amid what EU calls “extraordinary” general spike in antisemitism

Amid the general upsurge of antisemitism in the month since the brutal Hamas massacre of civilians triggered the Israel-Hamas war, Jewish heritage sites and Holocaust monuments have been targeted. The European Union mentioned several specific incidents in a statement Sunday … continue reading →

Poland: the Memorial Pillar in the Bagnowka Jewish cemetery in Białystok has been re-erected after a painstaking restoration. It commemorates scores of victims of a pogrom and massacres in 1905 and 1906

Since June, work has been under way to restore the Memorial Pillar in the Bagnowka Jewish cemetery in Białystok, which commemorates the scores of victims of bloody anti-Jewish violence in the town: the 1906 pogrom and two massacres in 1905. … continue reading →