Jewish Heritage Europe

Happy Hanukkah 2021 from JHE!

Jewish Heritage Europe wishes all our readers and friends a Happy Hanukkah! Thank you for your interest and support — and thanks especially to those of you who have contacted us with questions and comments, with news of publications and … continue reading →

Hanukkah’s coming! (Gift ideas…the 2022 Vanished World calendar, and a coffee-table book, “Synagogues: Marvels of Judaism”)

It’s Hanukkah next week…. so here are a couple gift ideas…. THE “VANISHED WORLD” 2022 CALENDAR Once again, the incredibly productive and generous Christian Herrmann has created a “Vanished World” calendar based on his evocative photographs of Jewish heritage in … continue reading →

Mazel Tov to Emile Schrijver, the recipient of the 2021 Narkiss prize for excellence in the research of Jewish Art,  presented by the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University

Mazel tov to Dr. Emile Schrijver, the recipient of the 2021 Bezalel, Mordechai, and Nessa Narkiss prize for excellence in the research of Jewish Art,  presented by the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University! Emile is the General Director … continue reading →

Turkey: “Jewish Identity Engraved on Stones” exhibit focuses on the archaeology of the more than 2,500 year Jewish presence in Turkey

A current exhibition in Istanbul focuses on the archaeological findings that demonstrate a Jewish presence in what is now Turkey that goes back more than  2,500 years. Called “Jewish Identity Engraved on Stones,” it is mounted by the Museum of … continue reading →

Kristallnacht 2021: Three signal events — in Germany, Slovakia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina — on the 83rd anniversary of the pogrom

This week marks the 83rd anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — the night of November 9-10, 1938, when  the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property, and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … continue reading →