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Just in time for Hanukkah, the November issue of our monthly Newsletter is out. News, views, and insights from Hungary, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Russia, Romania, Norway, the UK — and more. This month: JHE at the Association of European Jewish … continue reading →
After more than a year of work, renovation is complete on the 17th century synagogue in Tykocin, Poland — and the process has given the massive building a colorful new look. The facade is no longer white, but deep … continue reading →
In response to our post about the new near-replica synagogue in Kaliningrad, Russia (formerly Königsberg, East Prussia), JHE friend Prof. Carsten Wilke of Central European University has sent us this image of a book plate (ex libris) that features a … continue reading →
Exactly 80 years after the grandiose New Synagogue in Kaliningrad, Russia — formerly Königsberg, East Prussia — was destroyed on Kristallnacht, a newly constructed near replica of the great domed building was dedicated on the same spot where the … continue reading →
The Vanished World 2019 calendar is now available for free download. Each year the German photographer Christian Herrmann, who documents abandoned Jewish heritage sites in Eastern Europe, creates a calendar from a selection of his images and offers it as … continue reading →
