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The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative web site with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the country since the 1990s. The web site, in … continue reading →
The third seminar on Jewish heritage professions for early-career professionals and graduate students, organized by the University of Amsterdam and the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, will take place in Amsterdam August 27-September 1. Deadline for submissions is June 30. For … continue reading →
A small private Jewish museum and education space has opened in Białystok, in eastern Poland. Called “Miejsce” — The Place — it is a project spearheaded by the longtime, tireless Jewish heritage researcher and activist Tomasz Wiśniewski. It grew out … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Caterina Quareni, who took up the post as the new director of the Jewish Museum in Bologna in April. Quareni replaces Vincenza Maugeri, who has retired after heading the museum for eight years. Born in Bologna in 1966, … continue reading →
Markas Zingeris, an award-winning author, poet, and longtime former director of the Vilna Gaon Jewish History Museum, has died at the age of 76. Zingeris, who headed the Vilna Gaon Museum from 2005 to 2019, passed away on April 20 … continue reading →
