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Call for Applications: Two Visiting Fellowships at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish-non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton

We are pleased to share this call for applications for two Visiting Fellowships at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton. The deadline for applications is May 3 2023. This year’s theme is … continue reading →

Poland update: Second historic mikvah — this one a unique example of one made of wood — discovered in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp

Remnants of a second historic Mikvah have been discovered during construction of a parking lot  in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp. This one is wooden — believed unique in Europe — … continue reading →

Call for Proposals: Research seminar at Yad Vashem, January 2024, on Early postwar efforts to identify, locate, document and memorialize former sites of Jewish life and death (1944-1955)

We are pleased to share this Call for Proposals for a Research Seminar at Yad Vashem to be held in January 2024; application deadline is June 1.  – – – – Memory Maps: Early postwar efforts to identify, locate, document and memorialize … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Fellowships at the Institute for the History of the German Jews, Hamburg

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications: Dr. Gabriele Meyer Fellowships at the Institute for the History of the German Jews (IGdJ) in Hamburg 2024 The physician and psychoanalyst Dr. Gabriele Meyer (29 June 1938–30 March 2018), born and … continue reading →

Job Opportunity: Permanent part-time staff member at Austrian Jewish Museum, Eisenstadt

The Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt is seeking to employ a permanent part-time staff member, to deal with visitors. Responsibilities will include leading guided tours in the museum occasional tours in the former synagogue in Koberdorf (travel costs Eisenstadt-Kobersdorf will … continue reading →