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Call for Applications: Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies fellowship at the University of Michigan, 2023-2024

We are pleased to share the Call for Applications for the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies fellowship at the University of Michigan, 2023-2024.  The theme is Jewish Visual Cultures. Deadline for applications is November 7, 2022. This theme year … continue reading →

Poland: Archaeology at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto sheds dramatic and poignant light

Memorial and grave of Warsaw Ghetto fighters, at the site of Mila 18

(JHE) — A child’s shoe. Kitchen utensils. Crockery. Books. Ceramic tiles. Corroded tools. Discoveries during archaeological excavations this summer on the site of the WW2 Warsaw Ghetto are shedding dramatic — and poignant — light on the lives of the … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Jewish studies research fellowships at CEU in Budapest. Application deadline is July 23.

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications from the Jewish Studies Program at Central European University Deadline for applications is July 23, 2022 The Jewish Studies Program at Central European University (Vienna/Budapest) is offering short- and long-term research … continue reading →

Czech Republic Update: Monument made of gravestones cut into cobbles and used for paving is under construction

September 7 will see the unveiling of a new memorial constructed of hundreds of rescued Jewish gravestone fragments that had been cut into cobblestones during the communist era and used to pave a major pedestrian plaza in downtown Prague. The … continue reading →