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Germany: Hamburg’s Altona museum opens a permanent exhibition about Hamburg Jewish history, incorporating a Jewish component in a mainstream museum

Hamburg’s Altona Museum, one of the largest regional museums in Germany, has opened a permanent exhibition about 400 years of local Jewish history, incorporating  a Jewish component in a mainstream museum. The exhibit, Landmarks of Jewish History: A project space … continue reading →

JHE Photo Essay for Tu B’Shevat 2026: Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in synagogues, on gravestones, and as part of ritual objects

It’s Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, known as “the New Year for Trees:” the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower.  It is the custom to reflect on our … continue reading →

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026: Naming names and highlighting the growing Holocaust Memorial Monuments Database

Pinkas synagogue, Prague. Names of the more than 77,000 Holocaust victims from Bohemia and Moravia

January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated or … continue reading →

Call for Papers: Conference on Judeo-Spanish Studies, at Bar Ilan, July 2026. Submission deadline is February 22

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the Conference on Judeo-Spanish Studies, which will hold its 22nd edition at the Salti Institute for Ladino Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 14–16 July 2026. Submission deadline is February 22. The conference … continue reading →