This year marks the 15th edition of the annual Open Jewish Houses program, whereby ordinary buildings in the Netherlands where Jews lived and/or worked before, during, and after the Holocaust become personalized teaching and commemorative centers. This year, the program … continue reading →
Archaeologists excavating a World War II Ghetto bunker in the town of Będzin in southern Poland have discovered what they described as an unexpected “sensation” — well preserved traces of an underground hideout and tunnel used by Jews who staged … continue reading →
France’s Heritage Foundation – Fondation du Patrimoine – has announced nearly €1 million in funding to several synagogues, a historic Jewish cemetery, and another Jewish site as part of the Jewish Heritage Program it launched in June 2025 with the … continue reading →
A Museum of Jewish Culture is being developed in Bardejov, in eastern Slovakia. It will be located in the recently restored beit midrash — one of the components of the historic Jewish quarter — the Jewish Suburbium, which together with … continue reading →
The Castle Museum in Oświęcim has embarked on a project to preserve, protect, and display the unique wooden mikvah discovered in the town in 2023. As we posted at the time, the mikvah, believed to be a unique example of … continue reading →
