Samuel D. Gruber has written up a report on the conference held back in September about how to commemorate the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius. The conference September 4-5 was organized by the nonprofit entity “Jerusalem … continue reading →
The Call for Papers is now open for the 2018 annual conference of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) which will be held in Warsaw in August 2018. The deadline is December 31. The conference will be … continue reading →
We are happy to forward this Call for Papers for the conference Urban Jewish Heritage: Presence and Absence The conference will take place in Krakow, Poland, September 3-7, 2018 Deadline for submission of a 300 word abstract is: April … continue reading →
The historic synagogue in Alba Iulia, Romania will be rededicated November 26 after restoration — new QR code signage will provide information for visitors. Completed in 1840, the synagogue stands at 2, Tudor Vladimirescu Street; it is believed to be … continue reading →
By now it’s a JHE tradition. The night of November 9-10 marks the 79th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all … continue reading →
