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Call for Participants: The Center for Jewish Art is offering a free Webinar to help people navigate its enormous growing database documenting all aspects of Jewish visual culture

The Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem runs the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, the world’s largest repository of documentation on Jewish visual culture. The Index’s more than half a million images feature a vast … continue reading →

Germany: A 24-year (!) project to document, in extreme detail, selected Jewish cemeteries in Germany is underway

Information board at the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse Jewish cemetery, Berlin

A (very) longterm research project to document Jewish cemeteries in Germany is getting underway.  Over the course of the coming two decades and more, researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria will be documenting 35 selected Jewish cemeteries in great detail, … continue reading →

Call for Participants UPDATE: Changed dates for the “History, Memory and Responsibility” Seminar for Journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial Museum. Oct. 7-10

Arbeit Macht Frei gate, Auschwitz

This is an UPDATED call for participants for “History, Memory and Responsibility,” an English-language seminar for journalists to be held at the Auschwitz Memorial Museum and in the town of Oświęcim (outside of which the Auschwitz camp was built). The … continue reading →

Germany: Mazel tov to the international artists chosen as the 2024 ShUM Cities Artists in Residence — three very diverse projects dealing with history, heritage, symbolism, and art

Mazel tov to the international artists chosen as the 2024 ShUM Cities Artists in Residence! Three very diverse projects dealing with history, heritage, symbolism, and art. They are the the visual artist Bence Illyes from Hungary (working with Judit Borsi), … continue reading →

Czech Republic: Last chance to visit the longstanding exhibits in the Prague Jewish Museum’s Klausen synagogue and Ceremonial hall. They close July 1 for revamping and installation of brand new exhibits

This week is your last chance to see the longstanding exhibits in the Klausen synagogue and Ceremonial Hall, which form part of the Prague Jewish Museum. Both buildings will be closed July 1 and their exhibits will be removed — … continue reading →