Jewish Heritage Europe

Religiana: New web portal on religious heritage tourism launched

  Religiana, an ambitious new web portal on multi-faith religious heritage tourism, has just been launched, powered by the Future for Religious Heritage network of religious sites in Europe. The launch was announced at the FRH’s biennial conference, held in … continue reading →

Update: Restored Teleki synagogue in Oradea, Romania rededicated after restoration; will become a Jewish museum

  The Primariei (Teleki) Street (Hinech Neorim) synagogue in Oradea, western Romania, has been rededicated after restoration — and a Jewish museum is planned to be opened there as early as December, with a section devoted to a Holocaust memorial, … continue reading →

Persistent “symbolic mezuzahs”; and why photograph ruined traces of Jewish life?

  JHE friend, the Cologne-based photographer Christian Herrmann, spends his free time traveling to eastern Europe to photograph the surviving traces of pre-Holocaust Jewish life that still stand across the region. We have highlighted his work a number of times, … continue reading →

“Back to Shul” – new (free!) online book, a text-and-photo-essay on the surviving synagogue buildings in Lithuania

  The International Center for Litvak Photography has just published the e-book Back to Shul  — a highly personal text and photo essay by the Center’s director, the British photographer Richard Schofield, that chronicles a 12-day journey documenting synagogue buildings in Lithuania. … continue reading →