Jewish Heritage Europe

REDISCOVERing “concealed” Jewish heritage in the Danube Region: a 3-year, EU-funded tourism & education project in 8 countries

Nine mid-sized cities in Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina are taking part in an EU-funded, trans-border tourism and educational project under the title “Rediscover, expose and exploit the concealed Jewish heritage of the Danube Region.” The … continue reading →

Lithuania: Synagogue in Pušalotas and former Vilna Ghetto Library building put under state protection

The early 20th century synagogue in the town of  Pušalotas and the building that housed the library and other Jewish institutions in the WW2 Vilnius ghetto are among four heritage sites newly placed under state protection by Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture. … continue reading →

Slovakia: With new official brochure, Jewish Heritage is now fully integrated into Bratislava’s official tourism and cultural promotion

The Jewish heritage of the Slovak capital, Bratislava, has been fully integrated into the city’s tourist and cultural product, with a new brochure and official web pages that complement a series of linked web sites and other online resources prepared … continue reading →

Our new Have Your Say essay: Prof. Marcin Wodziński — winner of a National Jewish Book Award — on “atlassing” Hasidic heritage

The timing of our new Have Your Say essay is special. Prof. Marcin Wodziński of  the University of Wrocław, Poland just won the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship for his volume Historical Atlas of Hasidism. The awards were … continue reading →

Israeli-Slovenian project set to survey, digitize Jewish Heritage in Slovenia

A bilateral Slovenian-Israeli research project to digitize Jewish heritage in Slovenia is underway, conducted by the Center for Jewish Art (CJA) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and France Stele Institute of Art History at the Research Centre of the … continue reading →