The Medici Archive Project (MAP) has recently launched a major, multidisciplinary project to virtually “reconstruct the architectural and demographic-economic features of the ghetto of Florence, one of the oldest ghettos of Europe.” The MAP is a research institute whose … continue reading →
A family’s pre-war wooden Sukkah in Płock, Poland has been saved and will be preserved restored, and displayed as a museum exhibit in Warsaw. Krzysztof Bielawski reports on Virtual Shtetl (in a post that as of 2020 was no longer … continue reading →
Applications are being accepted until March 30 for the second edition of a summer school program on “Difficult Heritage and Memory in the Making” The theme will be “Heritage of Violence.” The summer school looks at the tangible, material … continue reading →
Six centuries years after the building was turned into a church, the Jewish community in Spain wants a medieval former synagogue in Toledo, currently a museum, returned to Jewish ownership. (This is not the famous El Transito synagogue, a … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Papers from the online magazine Quest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish History. The Editors of the online open access journal “Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History”, published by the Fondazione Centro … continue reading →
