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With the launch of our revamped web site, Ruth Ellen Gruber, the Coordinator of Jewish Heritage Europe, takes a moment to reflect on the development of JHE since we went online in 2012. She describes some of the features of … continue reading →
The delicate restoration of the elaborately carved and painted wooden Ark, or Aron Kodesh, of the 17th century Great Synagogue in Iaşi, Romania is nearly complete. This restoration marks the final step in the years-long renovation of the synagogue — the … continue reading →
Today is Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. As we have done in the past (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the … continue reading →
An 18th century Jewish cemetery in Cornwall joins churches, a mosque, Canterbury Cathedral, and Stonehenge on Historic England’s list of Top 10 Places of Faith and Belief. The Top Ten were chosen by the Faith & Belief category judge, The … continue reading →
Following a meeting with representatives of the Lithuanian Jewish community and Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department, leaders from the municipality of Kalvarija, Lithuania, appear to have agreed to go ahead with plans to renovate the town’s important Jewish communal complex on Sodų … continue reading →
