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Italy: Vote for “Places of the Heart” public heritage awards — including for Jewish heritage sites such as the long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Revere

Entry into the Revere Jewish cemetery. Photo courtesy of the Mantova Jewish Community

The long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Revere, a small town in northern Italy’s  Mantova province, is up for a public heritage award that you can vote for online. Established in 1809, it includes just 23 headstones behind a red brick wall … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Fellowship program. The deadline for applications is February 14.

On a gravestone in Siret, Romania, a Crown flanked by griffins, above a lion

The Oxford Center for Hebrew & Jewish Studies has issued a call for applications for its Fellowship program. The deadline for applications is February 14. Two of the fellowships would be open to research projects related to Jewish built heritage.  … continue reading →

Poland: Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich and heritage activist Adam Bartosz receive the Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland’s first Distinguished Service awards

The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland NGO has presented its first “Distinguished Service” awards to Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich and heritage activist Adam Bartosz, founder and chair of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in … continue reading →