The Jewish community in Szombathely, Hungary, has opened a small new Jewish history museum and Jewish visitors’ center. An article in the local media said that the museum, opened during the annual ceremonies marking the city’s Holocaust memorial day July 7, … continue reading →
Restoration work on the synagogue in Březnice, Czech Republic (about an hour’s drive south of Prague) is nearing completion, as part of the nationwide 10 Stars project. Dedication is set for this coming autumn. Jewish Heritage Europe coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber … continue reading →
After Israeli journalist Shimon Briman published an article in the Kiev daily Den (The Day) about Jewish heritage preservation and strategy in L’viv, the L’viv Jewish heritage activist Meylakh Sheykhat published a response in the same newspaper. Since we linked … continue reading →
An exhibit opening next week in Krakow’s gothic Old Synagogue (which has housed the Jewish branch of the city’s history museum for more than 50 years) will present a three dimensional reconstruction of the old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, as … continue reading →
The sociologist Anna Susak from the Center for Urban History in L’viv gives a richly fascinating talk on how people in L’viv regard Jewish heritage, history and culture in the city. She was speaking in Riga, Latvia, at the Second International … continue reading →
