Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Applications: Sefer Center Grants for Research on Russian Jewry – 2019

We are happy to share this call for grant applicants, which is open for researchers from Russia and abroad, including Europe, USA and Canada, Israel and Australia. The deadline for submissions is Marсh, 31, 2019. SEFER Center awards grants to … continue reading →

Nominations are open for the WMF Watch List

Nominations are open for the 2020 World Monuments Fund Watch  list of endangered heritage sites — a recognized way of drawing attention to projects aimed at saving the sites. The 2020 World Monuments Watch will include 25 sites from around … continue reading →

REDISCOVERing “concealed” Jewish heritage in the Danube Region: a 3-year, EU-funded tourism & education project in 8 countries

Nine mid-sized cities in Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina are taking part in an EU-funded, trans-border tourism and educational project under the title “Rediscover, expose and exploit the concealed Jewish heritage of the Danube Region.” The … continue reading →

Lithuania: Synagogue in Pušalotas and former Vilna Ghetto Library building put under state protection

The early 20th century synagogue in the town of  Pušalotas and the building that housed the library and other Jewish institutions in the WW2 Vilnius ghetto are among four heritage sites newly placed under state protection by Lithuania’s Ministry of Culture. … continue reading →

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe — Applications for Spring Grant Round Are Now Open

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe is now accepting applications for the Spring grant round in all of its grants programs. The Foundation welcomes applications from any organization or institution active in Europe (including Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus), where activities … continue reading →