Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Papers: Workshop on “Constructions of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Non-fictional Texts on Architecture, Urbanism, and Space”

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers from the Bet Tfila – Research Unit at Brauschweig Technical University. Constructions of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Non–fictional Texts on Architecture, Urbanism, and Space Workshop at the Technische Universität BraunschweigPlanned for  July … continue reading →

Norway update: The country’s oldest Jewish cemetery is included  in the national roster of protected monuments

Norway’s National Heritage Directorate has included the Jewish cemetery at Sofienberg park in Oslo, the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery,  in the national roster of protected monuments. “The Jewish cultural environments that we preserve represent Jewish life and history in Norway, and … continue reading →

Anniversary of Anniversaries: Anniversaries for 3 synagogues in Germany — the New Synagogue in Erfurt (70); the Synagogue in Ermreuth (200), and the destroyed synagogue in Bad Segeberg (180 years since inaugurated; 60 years since demolished)

The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Jewish Heritage Europe. The theme of our birthday celebrations is the “Anniversary of Anniversaries” — that is, using JHE’s own anniversary to feature other significant or symbolic anniversaries. Here we highlight the anniversaries of three … continue reading →