Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: Celebrating the 120th birthday of the grand ceremonial hall at the New Jewish Cemetery in Gliwice, now the Upper Silesian Jews House of Remembrance

The Upper Silesian Jews House of Remembrance in Gliwice, Poland held a celebration this week to mark the 120th anniversary of the building in which it is housed — the pre-burial hall of the city’s New Jewish Cemetery.  The festive … continue reading →

Lithuania: Jewish museum has opened in the former Telz Yeshiva as a branch of the local Alka Museum

A new Jewish museum opened recently in Lithuania, in the building in the town of Telšiai (Telz or Telshe in Yiddish) that once housed the famous pre-war Telz yeshiva. The permanent exhibit on Jewish heritage and culture opened in late … continue reading →

Estonia Update: The site of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Tallinn has been reopened as a memorial area and park

After four years of preparation, planning and on-site work, the site of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Tallinn has been reopened as a memorial area and park, with information panels, marked grave sites, and restored the arched gate, walls, paths, and … continue reading →

Belarus Update: Design for the Holocaust memorial from hundreds of rescued matzevot in Brest is revealed; digitisation of the stones is complete

The Brest-Litovsk Jewish cemetery monument design. Image: Brad. J. Goldberg/Together Plan

The design has been revealed of the monument to be created in Brest (also known as Brest-Litovsk), from the hundreds of matzevot that were rescued from around Brest over the past two decades and which have been piled up and stored … continue reading →

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 →