The AEPJ is inviting anyone interested in taking part in this year’s European Days of Jewish Culture to join the online EDJC Coordinators’ Meeting to take place on Zoom February 24-25. This year’s EDJC, which kicks off September 5, is … continue reading →
(JHE) — The first museum on the Iberian Peninsula specifically dedicated to the Shoah has opened in the city of Porto (Oporto), in northern Portugal. Created by the local Jewish community, some of whose members lost family in the Shoah, … continue reading →
In our first “Have Your Say” personal essay of 2021, cultural activist Emil Majuk describes the new permanent exhibit he curated in the former synagogue of the small town of Wojsławice in southeastern Poland and how past, present, and future … continue reading →
(JHE) — A three-year project to renovate and partially reconstruct the tahara house, or ceremonial hall, of the monumental Jewish cemetery in Rijeka has been completed. The building will be used as a cultural space to host events and initiatives … continue reading →
(JHE) — The former synagogue of Wojsławice, a township in southeastern Poland, was inaugurated in November as a cultural center, with a new permanent exhibit focusing on the township’s pre-WW2 multicultural tradition. A mezuzah was affixed to the entrance as … continue reading →
