The Polish architect Maria Piechotka, one of the leading experts on synagogue architecture and — with her late husband — the author of several groundbreaking works has been honored for “her commitment to preserving Poland’s Jewish heritage.” Maria, … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the British Association of Jewish Studies 2017 annual conference, whose theme will be Jews on the Move: Exploring the movement of Jews, objects, texts, and ideas in space and time. … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this call for papers for the 24th Annual International Conference on Jewish Studies, which will take place in Moscow on January 29-31, 2017. Deadline for submissions is November 15. Jewish Studies students are also … continue reading →
Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out three weeklong field schools this summer during which students documented Jewish material heritage and carried out interviews and other research on local Jewish history … continue reading →
A new online resource on Romanian synagogues features a photographic documentation by Daniel Gruenfeld of 14 synagogues in the northeastern part of the country (with, we hope, more to follow). The web site is a project of Centropa, the Jewish … continue reading →
