jhe YIVO is again offering the 6-week, online course Discovering Ashkenaz: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe taught by Samuel Kassow, the Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College and one of the leading scholars on the Holocaust and … continue reading →
The Synagogue de la Victoire, the Grand Synagogue of Paris, is marking this year the 150th anniversary of the beginning of its construction with a new, richly illustrated book that recounts the synagogue’s history and architecture and 150 … continue reading →
The ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative was founded in 2015 to protect Jewish cemeteries across Europe, particularly in eastern Europe outside the EU. In our latest Have Your Say personal essay, ESJF CEO Phil Carmel reflects on the progress … continue reading →
Severe storms and high winds toppled trees causing damage to gravestones and tombs in the sprawling Okopowa Street Jewish cemetery in Warsaw. “We know of damaged tombstones and ohels, as well as of fallen trees,” the Warsaw Jewish community … continue reading →
The Liverpool Echo reports that the official go-ahead has been granted to convert the disused Greenbank Synagogue into 22 apartments, as well as build 36 new apartments within the grounds. Despite objections from at least 10 residents, local councillors and … continue reading →
