Visiting Italy? Italy’s Foundation for Jewish Culture has just launched a new online portal designed to help tourists and other visitors explore the country’s rich Jewish heritage, from ancient Roman times to the present, from the top of the Italian … continue reading →
A ceremony this past week celebrated the completion of a preservation and fencing project at the Jewish cemetery in Lubavitch, Russia, the village near Smolensk where the Chabad movement was was based for more than 100 years and where some of its … continue reading →
Heads up! This year’s annual European Days of Jewish Culture officially kick off on Sunday, Sept. 2. That means scores — hundreds — of Jewish heritage events in more than two dozen countries all over Europe – guided tours, lectures, … continue reading →
Warsaw is gearing up for the annual conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies (IAJGS), which begins on Sunday at the Polin museum and other venues. There are scores of presentations, on all sorts of topics of interest … continue reading →
Following our general post about the three synagogues and memorial space in Plzeň, Czech Republic, we feature here a closer analysis of the simple but striking Holocaust memorial in the so-called Auxiliary Synagogue, situated in the Jewish communal courtyard next … continue reading →
