Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: Monika Krajewska’s “Burning” series of papercuts to be exhibited this fall at the POLIN Museum in Warsaw. (We hosted an online exhibit in 2020.)

  In 2020, we were privileged to host an online exhibition of work by the Warsaw-based papercut artist Monika Krajewska. The pieces were drawn from her extraordinary cycle of papercuts called “Burning,” a commemoration of the physical destruction of the Shoah. … continue reading →

Slovakia: Exhibit in Bratislava honors Jewish architect Artur Szalatnai-Slatinský, architect of Bratislava’s Cubist-style Heydukova st. synagogue. It’s part of centenary celebrations of the synagogue

A special exhibition at the Bratislava Jewish Community Museum is exploring the life and work of the prolific Bratislava-based Jewish architect Artur Szalatnai-Slatinský (1891-1961) — whose designs include the still-active Heydukova st. synagogue, where the museum is located in the … continue reading →

Czech Republic: New web site and online exhibits of the Prague Jewish Museum’s “Secrets in the Attic” Geniza project

Geniza categories in the Secrets of the Attic project

The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative web site with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the country since the 1990s. The web site, in … continue reading →

Poland: Miejsce, a small Jewish museum, opens in Białystok, spearheaded by longtime Jewish heritage activist Tomasz Wiśniewski

A small private Jewish museum and education space has opened in Białystok, in eastern Poland. Called “Miejsce” — The Place — it is a project spearheaded by the longtime, tireless Jewish heritage researcher and activist Tomasz Wiśniewski. It grew out … continue reading →