Jewish Heritage Europe

New tourism resource — Visit Jewish Italy web site

Visiting Italy? Italy’s Foundation for Jewish Culture has just launched a new online portal designed to help tourists and other visitors explore the country’s rich Jewish heritage, from ancient Roman times to the present, from the top of the Italian … continue reading →

Ukraine: Lviv honors dozens of Jewish heritage activists with 75 “keys to the city”

The city of Lviv has held an unprecedented ceremony honoring dozens of Jewish heritage activists for their work in preserving, promoting, and carrying out research and educational work on Jewish heritage in western Ukraine. The ceremony Sunday (September 2) at Lviv’s … continue reading →

New Have Your Say: Medieval Lecce and its “not-knowing-for-sure” Jewish museum

In our new “Have Your Say” op-ed, the Prague-based educator, curator, and filmmaker Martin Šmok reviews the  privately established Jewish museum that opened in 2016 in Lecce, at the very tip of the heel of Italy’s boot, where Jews flourished in the … continue reading →

New (updated) book: Rediscovering Traces of Memory – the Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia

The newly published second edition of Rediscovering Traces of Memory: The Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia is a much-needed revised and expanded companion to the permanent exhibition at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow — an exhibition that itself has … continue reading →

Focus on a Heritage Site: Warsaw’s Bródno Jewish cemetery; powerful site with informative new exhibit

Bet Almin – House of Eternity, the visitor’s center and permanent exhibition on Jewish funeral traditions and cemetery history at the Bródno Jewish cemetery in Warsaw’s Praga district provides a powerful introduction to a visit to the cemetery. We wrote about … continue reading →