Jewish Heritage Europe

New Jewish Museum Openings: Padova and Schwabach

A new Jewish museum is opening this week in Padova (Padua), the historic town in northern Italy not far from Venice. Also this month, in a series of inaugural events, the Jewish Museum of Franconia (Jüdisches Museum Franken), in Bavaria, opened a third branch … continue reading →

Historic images of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe from An-sky expeditions

  We would like to signal an extraordinary four-part series of videos put together by the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter based on the collections of the Jewish author, playwright and researcher S. An-sky, who led a series of ethnographic expeditions in 1912-1914 … continue reading →

New Holocaust Memorial in Šeduva, Lithuania

  A Holocaust memorial has been dedicated in Šeduva, Lithuania, as the first stage of a much broader complex there aimed at memorializing Šeduva Jews, which will be officially opened later this year. A private ceremony dedicated the memorial at the end of May. As part of the … continue reading →