Conference in L’viv in November 2012: “The Ukrainian and Jewish Artistic and Architectural Milieus of Lwów/Lemberg/Lviv: From Ausgleich to the Holocaust.” Call for Papers — Deadline April 1, 2012 From the organizers: The conference focuses on artists and architects … continue reading →
The Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule, a former Jewish girls’ school in Berlin, has been transformed and reopened as an arts and dining center — one that includes exhibition spaces, galleries, and even a kosher restaurant that offers Shabbat meals. … continue reading →
The Micropolitics of Small Town Life in Eastern Europe, University of Illinois, March 2013 Call for Papers On behalf of the Program in Jewish Culture and Society and the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center of the University of Illinois … continue reading →
The schedule of events for March at the Fundacja Judaica/Jewish Culture Center in Krakow is now online. Events this month include lectures, film screenings, book promotions, commemorations and the opening of two exhibitions: Romani Trail of Martyrdom in Little Poland … continue reading →
In the Jewish Review of Books, David Gelernter writes about the architecture of two strikingly different but surprisingly similar synagogues: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Shalom in suburban Philadelphia, built in the 1950s, and the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec, now … continue reading →
