Venice this year is marking the 500th anniversary of the imposition of the Venice Ghetto — the first time ruling authorities in Europe officially confined Jews to a closed, segregated space. There’s a rich array of events to mark … continue reading →
Somehow we feel that this report, which celebrates life and survival, is a fitting post for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust remembrance day…. Restoration of the 200-year-old neoclassical synagogue in northern Budapest’s Obuda district has been completed, and the stately building … continue reading →
Only five of the more than 100 surviving synagogue buildings in Slovakia are still used for worship — synagogues in Bratislava, Košice, Nové Zámky, Prešov and Komárno. What about the others? The news site aktualny.sk has run an article … continue reading →
The old matzo oven has long been one of the sites that can be visited as part of the Jewish museum in Pitigliano, an extraordinarily picturesque hill town in southern Tuscany once known as a “little Jerusalem” because … continue reading →
JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber is featured in an interview about Jewish heritage sites around the world, published in the Travel section of USAToday newspaper. The interviewer asked her to highlight some of her favorite sites to visit, in North … continue reading →
