jhe The Jewish Museum of Belgium, located in Brussels, has inaugurated a new exhibition hall dedicated to the Shoah. Designed under the direction of curator Daniel Dratwa, it includes mostly original documents and objects, some of them made by prisoners at the … continue reading →
Christian Herrmann has provided an update on the recently discovered murals he saw in a small room of the Groisse Shil — Great Synagogue — in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz), now used as a carpentry workshop. He writes on his Vanishing World … continue reading →
Christian Herrmann reports on his Vanished World blog that on a visit this week to the former Great Synagogue (Groisse Shul, or Shil) in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) he discovered that intricate wall paintings have been revealed. They show detailed renditions of … continue reading →
The public is invited to “open doors” events at the Jewish cemetery in Moinesti, in northeast Romania, on Sept. 6 and 8, between 4 and 6 p.m. The events are sponsored by the Leolam Jewish Heritage Foundation, which was founded … continue reading →
Mazel tov to the recipients of the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies 2013 Achievement Awards, presented at the IAJGS conference in Boston last week! IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Neville Y. Lamdan The IAJGS honored Neville Lamdan for … continue reading →
