Today is Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. As we have done in the past (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the … continue reading →
The “Synagogue Garden,” a sculptural/architectural memorial installed last year at the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Bauska, Latvia, has received an “Annual Latvian Award in Construction” award. The monument, carried out by the Council of Jewish Communities of … continue reading →
Mazel tov to JHE friend Sergey Kanovich — Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė has awarded him a high state honor for his work to preserve Lithuanian Jewish heritage. Kanovich, who founded of the Šeduva “Lost Shtetl” Jewish Memorial Fund and … continue reading →
January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, is marked in many countries as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an occasion for commemorative ceremonies, educational programs, and other initiatives. Monuments and memorials are also dedicated … continue reading →
For eight years, the photographer and writer Jason Francisco has been been photographing and writing about the complications of the site of the Płaszów Nazi labor/concentration camp in Kraków. In a new text-and-photo essay on his web site, his discusses … continue reading →
