Jewish Heritage Europe

Foundation for Jewish Heritage: 2020 Annual Review

We are pleased to share the 2020 Annual Review of the London-based Foundation for Jewish Heritage. The Review summarizes the Foundation’s activities in 2020 and also looks back at its accomplishments since its establishment five years ago. We have written … continue reading →

UK: London’s Bevis Marks synagogue gets nearly £500,000 National Heritage Lottery Fund grant to kickstart renovations sidelined by the COVID 19 pandemic

London’s historic Bevis Marks synagogue, the oldest in the UK, has received £497,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out renovation and other work hampered over the past year by the COVID 19 pandemic. In an announcement  Friday, the … continue reading →

Poland: Jan Jagielski (1937-2021) Farewell to a Jewish heritage pioneer, mentor — and mensch

(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 published in France, Italy, and Croatia

  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 →

Sweden: we highlight an important upcoming seminar on a little-studied topic — synagogue architecture in Sweden and other Nordic countries

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 →