Jewish Heritage Europe

Medias, Romania synagogue — coming slowly back to life

    Thanks to a grant for archival preservation, a volunteer clean-up operation, and a series of scheduled cultural and religious events, the synagogue in Medias in Romania is slowly coming back to life. Built in around 1897, the synagogue … continue reading →

Shtetl Routes project Field Notes #2 — Podlasie region, Poland

  Here is a second installment of field notes from the on-site research that is being carried out for the international “Shtetl Routes” project, a tourism itinerary through a score or more of towns in the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine border region that is under development with … continue reading →

The Shtetl Routes project — Travel Notes from Ukrainian Galicia

  We are pleased to post brief field notes from the on-site research that is being carried out for the international “Shtetl Routes” project, a tourism itinerary through a score or more of towns in the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine border region that is under development … continue reading →

What is Heritage? Who Defines It? Who Controls it?

  A thoughtful article in the Financial Times by Gillian Tett  asks important questions about heritage — how it is defined, and who does, and should, define and control it. The article is headlined “The Battle for British Heritage,” and Tett writes specifically … continue reading →

Archaeology at Old Synagogue in Krakow

Student  archaeologists are carrying out archaeological and architectural research at the Old Synagogue in Krakow under the auspices of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków and the Institute of Archaeology of the Krakow’s Jagiellonian University. Located in the … continue reading →