Jewish Heritage Europe

Jewish built heritage and monuments also targeted amid what EU calls “extraordinary” general spike in antisemitism

Amid the general upsurge of antisemitism in the month since the brutal Hamas massacre of civilians triggered the Israel-Hamas war, Jewish heritage sites and Holocaust monuments have been targeted. The European Union mentioned several specific incidents in a statement Sunday … continue reading →

Call for Applications: ShUM Cities 2024 –International Artist in Residence project (with focus on Jewish heritage in Worms, Speyer, Mainz, Germany)

The ShUM Cities project  linking the important medieval Jewish heritage of the German cities of Worms, Speyer, and Mainz invites applications for its second international artist-in-residence program, supported by the state and the three cities. The ShUM Cities project was recently … continue reading →

Germany: Mapping Memories — a 2-week festival at Frankfurt’s Judengasse — is under way

 “Mapping Memories: Judengasse Extended,” a two-week festival April 13-30, focuses on the history of the Judengasse, the medieval Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt, and what it describes as the way its traces were “violently suppressed”  from public space. Centerpiece is a … continue reading →

Italy: New working group set up to foster research and tourism in the medieval Jewish quarter of Trani

At a festival, Israeli dancers in front of the Scolanova synagogue, Trani ni

A new working group has been formed aimed at enhancing the ancient Jewish quarter of Trani, a seaside town in southern Italy’s Puglia region, from the cultural, tourist, and architectonic points of view. The group will focus on three main … continue reading →

France: Great opportunity for French speakers — a free webinar series this month on Jewish culture, history, and heritage in Alsace

A great opportunity  French speakers: The association “Routes du Judaïsme Rhénan” (Routes of Judaism in the Rhineland) and Alsace Destination Tourisme, with the support of the French Ministry of Culture, have organised a free online training program: Le patrimoine juif d’Alsace, to … continue reading →