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Call for Participants: The Center for Jewish Art is offering a free Webinar to help people navigate its enormous growing database documenting all aspects of Jewish visual culture

The Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem runs the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, the world’s largest repository of documentation on Jewish visual culture. The Index’s more than half a million images feature a vast … continue reading →

UK: Six-month “Heritage Season” kicks off, marking the 150th anniversary of Liverpool’s magnificent Princes Road synagogue

Princes Road Synagogue Liverpool. Screengrab from anniversary promo video

The magnificent Princes Road synagogue in Liverpool is turning 150 years old, and a six-month “Heritage Season”  to mark the occasion kicks off on Sunday (Sept. 8) with a gala civic event  including a concert and speeches by Liverpool’s mayor, … continue reading →

Germany: A 24-year (!) project to document, in extreme detail, selected Jewish cemeteries in Germany is underway

Information board at the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse Jewish cemetery, Berlin

A (very) longterm research project to document Jewish cemeteries in Germany is getting underway.  Over the course of the coming two decades and more, researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria will be documenting 35 selected Jewish cemeteries in great detail, … continue reading →