We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for The Heritage Laboratory – Belchite, Spain –Fieldwork training program, Summer 2026, announced by The Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona (EJB) the Matanel Sefarad Seminar, and The Spanish Association of Military … continue reading →
The city of Vilnius has demolished the nursery school that was built in the 1960s atop the destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna, clearing the way for development of the Great Synagogue and Mikvah complex as a heritage site. The two-week … continue reading →
Archaeologists say they have confirmed the discovery of a medieval synagogue in the Old Town of Belchite, in northern Spain. Students taking part in an international archaeological field school this summer revealed the bimah of the synagogue, a report on … continue reading →
A new archaeological study suggests that the ruins of a building until now thought to have been a paleo Christian church may in fact have been a synagogue dating from the 4th or 5th century CE. The ruins are in … continue reading →
Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of a medieval synagogue in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in southern Germany, a major center of Jewish scholarship in the middle ages. The synagogue was used until a pogrom in 1349 devastated the Jewish community. … continue reading →
