Portugal’s Lusa news agency reports that Portuguese researchers have discovered hundreds of secret markings that Jews left on buildings in the town of Seia, in northern Portugal, following their forced conversion to Catholicism in the 16th century. Reporting on the … continue reading →
The plenary sessions of the Managing Jewish Built Heritage conference in Krakow were live-streamed, and are now archived…. Click here for the link to the opening session and the keynote speech by Samuel D. Gruber Click here for the link … continue reading →
In the current issue of Hadassah Magazine, JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber describes the Slovak Jewish Heritage Route and briefly profiles most of the two dozen or so sites on the network. In a lengthy article, illustrated with her photos, … continue reading →
JTA has run a story on the ouster of Sven Schuette as director of the Cologne Jewish quarter excavations and Jewish Museum project. It reported that Marcus Trier, the head of Cologne’s Romano-German Museum, has taken Schutte’s place. An attorney for … continue reading →
German archaeologist Sven Schuette has been removed as director of the Archaeological Zone / Jewish Museum Project in Cologne, a position he has held since 2006. The decision to remove him from his post came just days after articles in Haaretz and on AFP … continue reading →
