Jewish Heritage Europe

Turkey: “Jewish Identity Engraved on Stones” exhibit focuses on the archaeology of the more than 2,500 year Jewish presence in Turkey

A current exhibition in Istanbul focuses on the archaeological findings that demonstrate a Jewish presence in what is now Turkey that goes back more than  2,500 years. Called “Jewish Identity Engraved on Stones,” it is mounted by the Museum of … continue reading →

Kristallnacht 2021: Three signal events — in Germany, Slovakia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina — on the 83rd anniversary of the pogrom

This week marks the 83rd anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — the night of November 9-10, 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 →

UK: A current exhibit and new online resource trace Manchester’s vanished Jewish spaces & places

A current exhibition and a new online resource trace the history and geography of Jewish life in Manchester, the UK’s second largest Jewish center, after London.  The exhibition is “Vanished Streets” — an exhibition running October 20-January 16 at the … continue reading →