Jewish Heritage Europe

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Days of Jewish Culture (EDJC) festival kicks off next Sunday with a wide-ranging international eight-hour online program

    Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the annual European Days of Jewish Culture festival goes (partly) digital — it kicks off next Sunday (September 6) with an eight-hour online international program that includes a variety of virtual events including lectures, … continue reading →

Poland: The “Coalition of Guardians” is launched as a bid to link the many volunteers and projects dealing with Jewish cemeteries all over Poland; its web site links to a cemetery database

Photographing in the Jewish cemetery, Biala, Poland

A new initiative aims to foster and coordinate clean-up and restoration work at the nearly 1,500 Jewish cemeteries all around Poland. The new bid — called a Coalition of Guardians of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland — was announced by Piotr … continue reading →

Jewish Heritage Tourism (staycation edition): locally organized Jewish heritage tours & events this coming week

On staycation this year because of the pandemic? Here’s our regular list of (some of the) locally organized guided tours and other Jewish heritage tourism events in the coming week.  If you’re at or near one of these places take … continue reading →

Germany: Berlin Jewish Museum Reopens with totally revamped new Core Exhibit

Mazel tov to the Berlin Jewish Museum, which has reopened with a totally revamped core exhibition that prioritizes Jewish life in Germany — including rebuilding Jewish life in the decades after the Shoah and then after the Berlin Wall came … continue reading →