The world’s newest Jewish museum — the museum of the Jewish community of Bratislava — opened in the women’s gallery of the city’s sole remaining synagogue (at Heydukova 11-13) on Sunday, June 17. JHE coordinater Ruth Ellen Gruber … continue reading →
Marla Raucher Osborn writes that you are fortunate if you trace your family roots to Ulanów, a little town in southeastern Poland between Zamosc and Rzeszow, because a local man, an avid collector and local historian named Janusz Dąbek, … continue reading →
The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … continue reading →
Plans for a multimillion dollar expansion of the Irish Jewish Museum were laid out at an event at the Irish Consulate in New York on May 22, hosted by the former Lord Mayor of Dublin Ben Briscoe and the Friends … continue reading →
Judaica Europeana – an international network of museums, libraries and archives that was launched in 2010 – announces that in its first two years it uploaded 3.7 million digital objects to Europeana.eu, Europe’s cultural heritage portal and digital services platform. … continue reading →
