Yesterday marked Tisha b’Av, or the Ninth of Av, the Jewish fast day that commemorates and mourns the destruction of the First and Second Temples and other tragedies that befell the Jewish people. On JHE, we reflect all the time … continue reading →
Here’s an opportunity for photographers. Our friends at Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) (the European network for historic places of worship) are sponsoring a summer photography competition — for photographs illustrating religious heritage. The initiative is aimed to promote religious … continue reading →
The centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Osoblaha, a remote little town on the Czech-Polish border, is unique in the Czech Republic because of the strong influence of Polish/Silesian-style gravestone art. It has some 313 surviving gravestones (out of possibly 1200); the … continue reading →
Today is the Fourth of July — Independence Day in the United States. It’s traditionally celebrated with fireworks displays against starry summer skies. We thought we’d post of images of synagogue decoration that evoke the heavens (and celebration). … continue reading →
An installation by the British artist Ben Jack Nash is breathing life into the abandoned synagogue in Reichshoffen, France as a means of using art as a means of bringing back memory of the Jewish history of the town. Called … continue reading →
