By now it’s a JHE tradition. The night of November 9-10 marks the 81st anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over … continue reading →
Today, September 1, marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II — the global conflict that encompassed the Holocaust and brought devastation to the Jewish world in Europe. It is also the 20th anniversary of the European … continue reading →
In occasion of the European Maccabi Games — taking place this week in Budapest, the family monument in Budapest’s vast Kozma utca Jewish cemetery marking the grave of Alfréd Hajós, the first Hungarian and first Jewish Olympic Champion, has been … continue reading →
The landmark grand synagogue in Pécs, southern Hungary, marked its 150th birthday with a celebratory event that included speeches — but also song. And one of the songs, as this video of the event from the Mazsihisz Jewish umbrella federation … continue reading →
In April, the magnificent synagogue of Casale Monferrato, a small town in Italy’s northwest Piedmont (Piemonte) region, celebrated 50 years since its reinauguration after a fullscale restoration. It marked the anniversary with a video documenting the dramatic restoration process half … continue reading →
