Jewish Heritage Europe

PLEASE NOTE: CORRECTION OF DATES, Call for Papers for the International Conference “From Shtetl to Post-Jewish Town”. Conference will be Sept. 8-9; deadline for submissions Feb. 29

CORRECTION — PLEASE NOTE: We have corrected the dates in the Call for Papers for the International Conference “From Shtetl to Post-Jewish Town”  which we posted yesterday. It will take place September 8-10, 2024. Deadline for Submissions — in English … continue reading →

CORRECTION OF DATES: Call for Papers: International Conference “From Shtetl to Post-Jewish Town”; Warsaw September 8-10, 2024. Deadline for Submissions is February 29.

PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECTION OF DATES. (WE ORIGINALLY POSTED FROM AN EARLIER POSTED SCHEDULE) We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the International Conference “From Shtetl to Post-Jewish Town”  which will take place September 8-10, 2024. Deadline … continue reading →

Poland: Mazel tov to Mariusz Sokołowski, recipient of the 2023 POLIN Award presented by the POLIN Museum in Warsaw. And Mazel tov to the runners up and to Special Award winner Andrzej Folwarczny and the Forum for Dialogue team

Mazel tov to  Mariusz Sokołowski, who has won the 2023 POLIN award, granted annually by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw to people “actively working to protect the memory of the history of Polish Jews.”  … continue reading →

Austria: Esther Heiss is new director of the Austrian Jewish Museum ( Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum) in Eisenstadt

Mazel tov to Esther  Heiss, the new Director of the Austrian Jewish Museum ( Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum) in Eisenstadt. Heiss, 28, took up the post on December 1, replacing longtime director Johannes Reiss, who has retired. It is great to … continue reading →

Call for Proposals: 44th IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy – in Philadelphia, August 18-22. Deadline for Submissions January 28

  We are pleased to share this Call for Proposals for the 44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.   The 2024 Conference will be held in Philadelphia from Sunday, August 18 through Thursday, August 22, 2024 at the Sheraton … continue reading →