As part of year-long events marking the 700th anniversary of the synagogue in Córdoba, Spain, the University of Cordoba and the City Council have launched a new web site dedicated to the Jewish history of the town and region. The … continue reading →
There was a disturbing ruckus this past week over what appeared to be an attempt to use the nearly-completed restoration of the 1907 Büyük Synagogue (Great Synagogue) in Edirne, Turkey as a political tool within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On November 21, the … continue reading →
The theme of the just-concluded annual conference of the Association of European Jewish Museums was “Approaches to Authenticity: the Virtual vs. the Material vs. the Recreated” — JHE coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber spoke on a panel there devoted to that … continue reading →
November 17 marked the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the so-called Velvet Revolution that toppled communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia. Since then, many things have changed….. Relating to Jewish heritage, in what today is the Czech Republic more than 65 … continue reading →
The Bratislava Jewish Community Museum, which opened in June 2012, is located in the women’s gallery of the city’s one surviving synagogue — the orthodox synagogue on Heydukova street. The permanent exhibits open on to the sanctuary of the synagogue, … continue reading →
