The Bratislava Jewish Community Museum opened its 2018 season with a special exhibit honoring Eugen Bárkány, a pioneer in the preservation, documentation, and display of Jewish heritage in Slovakia. Bárkány (1885-1967) was an engineer and building contractor from Prešov, in … continue reading →
Culture and heritage funding is one of the areas that will be addressed in this intensive training seminar, sponsored by a range of Jewish organizations, which is sure to be of interest to some of our readers. It is aimed … continue reading →
We are happy to share this Call for Papers for an international student workshop in Olomouc, Czech Republic in October 2018. Deadline for submissions is June 30. Proposals are especially encouraged on topics touching on “different aspects of rural and … continue reading →
Work to construct the state-of-the-art Lost Shtetl museum in Šeduva, Lithuania is under way. Ground was broken and the symbolic cornerstone laid in a ceremony Friday attended by Lithuania’s Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament, Foreign Minister, senior diplomats, Jewish leaders, … continue reading →
Today is Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. As we have done in the past (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the … continue reading →
