The historic Jewish heritage sites of Gorizia, in northeastern Italy, comprise a relatively rare example of local Jewish sites separated by an international border: the 18th century synagogue and former Jewish ghetto area are in one country, Italy …. … continue reading →
By now it’s a JHE tradition. The night of November 9-10 marks the 79th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all … continue reading →
Sandys Row Synagogue, London’s oldest still functioning Ashkenazi Synagogue, was established in the 19th century by Dutch Jews from Amsterdam in a building that was originally constructed as a Protestant chapel in 1766. In our latest Have Your Say … continue reading →
The Manchester Jewish Museum has received a £2.89 million National Lottery grant. It will go towards the museum’s ambitious £5m development project that, as the museum puts it “will see our museum double in size, with new galleries, learning spaces, … continue reading →
The synagogue in the town of Šabac, Serbia has been renovated and will be reopened November 23 as a cultural space. It is being developed for future use as a museum telling the history of the local Jewish … continue reading →
