Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Applicants: Grant for Research in the Field of History and Culture of the Jews in Russia (before Peter the Great)

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications by the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow. Foreign and Russian researchers are invited to apply for a grant funding:  “Research in the Field of History and Culture of the … continue reading →

Sweden: we highlight an important upcoming seminar on a little-studied topic — synagogue architecture in Sweden and other Nordic countries

There are many online conferences and events these pandemic days — but this one looks especially interesting, providing insight and context to a topic that is largely little known: Synagogue architecture in Sweden (and other Nordic countries).  The Symposium on … continue reading →

Romania-Ukraine: Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine share nearly €260,000 EU grant to promote cross-border Jewish heritage tourism

(JHE) — The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism. The EU’s 2014-2020 Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Program announced in January it … continue reading →

Portugal: Holocaust Museum in Porto has opened, the first on the Iberian peninsula

(JHE) — The first museum on the Iberian Peninsula specifically dedicated to the Shoah has opened in the city of Porto (Oporto), in northern Portugal. Created by the local Jewish community, some of whose members lost family in the Shoah, … continue reading →

Our first Have Your Say of 2021 — Emil Majuk describes how past, present, and future converge in the new exhibit he curated in the former synagogue in Wojsławice, Poland

In our first “Have Your Say” personal essay of 2021, cultural activist Emil Majuk describes the new permanent exhibit he curated in the former synagogue of the small town of Wojsławice in southeastern Poland and how past, present, and future … continue reading →