We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for an international conference on Belarus Jewish heritage in Minsk in June 2020. Submission deadline, February 1, 2020 The history, culture and heritage of Jews in Belarus across the ages … continue reading →
A second project spearheaded by the Polish Olympic athlete Dariusz Popiela has seen the restoration of a Jewish cemetery and placement of a memorial to its destroyed Jewish community. The memorial at the restored Jewish cemetery in Grybów, in southern … continue reading →
A conference in Poland next week will tackle a range of issues relating to Jewish cemetery preservation, documentation, and legal status. The two-day meeting, organized by the Gliwice Museum, will be held at the Memorial House of Upper Silesian Jews, … continue reading →
The Jewish museum in Thessaloniki has opened a new wing, with four new spaces for exhibitions and a museum shop. Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos took part in the October 27 inauguration, officially opening the building. According to the ANA news … continue reading →
The Jewish community in Konstanz, Germany, has a brand new synagogue. The new synagogue in the city, located on Lake Constance on the Swiss border, was inaugurated on Sunday (Nov. 10) — 81 years after the city’s pre-WW2 synagogue was … continue reading →
