Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Applications: NGO documentation and work on cemeteries in Poland’s southeastern Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships

Jewish cemetery, Baligrod, Poland

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for grants to NGOs to preserve and document historic cemeteries (including Jewish cemeteries) in the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodships in the southeast corner of Poland on the border with Ukraine. Deadline … continue reading →

Call for Nominations: World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. Deadline for submission is September 5

Nominations are now open for the 2026 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize — a biennial award recognizing outstanding achievements in saving structures emblematic of the modernist architectural movement.   Deadline for submissions is September 5.  The prize includes a cash … continue reading →

Tisha B’av: Mourning and Remembering the Temple, in synagogue art and commemoration

Mural of people praying at the Western Wall; Suceava, Romania

Today is the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’av, or the Ninth of Av. It commemorates and mourns the destruction of the  First and Second Temples and other tragedies that befell the Jewish people. The Western Wall — or Kotel … continue reading →