The Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust museum has issued an appeal for aid after strong winds last month blew off part of the Museum’s roof. Firefighters removed the hanging part of the roof, but rain flooded the children’s art studio and the … continue reading →
Four months after a terrorist shooting that claimed four lives, the Jewish Museum of Belgium will reopen fully to the public at 11 a.m. on September 14, the European Day of Jewish Culture. The museum made the announcement on … continue reading →
The annual European Day of Jewish Culture is just around the corner. This year the cross-border event takes place September 14. The theme this year is “Women in Judaism.” Hundreds of events and initiatives are planned in: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia … continue reading →
There’s still time to submit to this conference — deadline has been extended til August 29. Tracing Topographies: Revisiting the Concentration Camps Seventy Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz Jewish Museum in London January 6-8 2015. Formerly locations of abject horror, … continue reading →
JTA reports that the City of Warsaw “has agreed to return and preserve 1,000 Jewish headstones that were used to construct a recreational facility inside one of the city’s parks.” They were used to build a pergola and stairs in a … continue reading →
