We are pleased to share this call for papers for the conference “Art and the Holocaust: Reflections for the Common Future,” which will take place in Riga, Latvia on July 2-3, 2019 The conference is organized by the Riga Jewish … continue reading →
Monday marks Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is known as “the New Year for Trees.” It is the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower. It is the … continue reading →
Memorials dedicated in Tallinn, Estonia in January and Gdansk, Poland in October add to the ever-growing number of public monuments that commemorate destroyed synagogues by — in some way — replicating or recalling the way they looked. The memorial to … continue reading →
The JW3 Jewish Community Center in London on Dec. 18 hosted a panel discussion on the Holocaust and lost cultural and urban spaces in modern Ukraine. The event was co-sponsored by JW3, the Ukrainian Institute London, and Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. … continue reading →
With a celebratory Hanukkah event, the new Jewish museum in Oradea (Nagyvarad), Romania was opened in the city’s recently restored Primariei (Teleki) Street (Hinech Neorim) synagogue. The museum, which includes sections on local Jewish history and on the Holocaust, will … continue reading →
