Jewish Heritage Europe

Lithuania: Mazel tov! Jewish heritage activist receives state honor

  Mazel tov to JHE friend Sergey Kanovich — Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė has awarded him a high state honor for his work to preserve  Lithuanian Jewish heritage. Kanovich, who founded of the Šeduva “Lost Shtetl” Jewish Memorial Fund and … continue reading →

UK: Read about the award-winning new Jewish cemetery at Bushey, near London

  The 16-acre extension of United Synagogue’s cemetery in Bushey, northwest of London in the city’s surrounding Green Belt, won a prestigious architecture prize in November 2017, the award for best completed religious building presented at the World Architecture Festival. … continue reading →

Hungary: Dohany St. Synagogue gets European Heritage Label

  The grand Dohany St. synagogue complex in Budapest has been chosen as one of nine historical sites in Europe given the EU’s  “European Heritage Label.” The sites were chosen for the list by an independent panel for “celebrating or … continue reading →