(JHE) — With great sadness we mourn the death of the inimitable Jan Jagielski, a true pioneer in research on Jewish heritage in Poland, an inspiration and mentor to generations — and, perhaps above all, a consummate mensch. In failing … continue reading →
New books about synagogues have recently been published in France, Italy, and Croatia. Each is quite different from the others, looking at synagogues, their history, and their architecture from very different perspectives — popular, scholarly, and artistic. Take a … continue reading →
(JHE) — The Tachov Archives and Museum Society (TAMUS), a Czech non-profit NGO deeply involved in documenting and preserving Jewish cemeteries and other sites, has released its latest Annual Report showing the scope of its activities in 2020 — mostly … continue reading →
There are many online conferences and events these pandemic days — but this one looks especially interesting, providing insight and context to a topic that is largely little known: Synagogue architecture in Sweden (and other Nordic countries). The Symposium on … continue reading →
(JHE) — The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism. The EU’s 2014-2020 Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Program announced in January it … continue reading →
