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Call for Applications: First-stage applications are open for funding from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (RFHE) for European Jewish Heritage projects, starting in January 2025. Submission deadline is June 24.

May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 by jhe

In the Oswiecim, Poland Jewish museum, material from the Great Synagogue found during excavations in 2004

First-stage applications are open for funding from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (RFHE) for European Jewish Heritage projects, starting in January 2025. The deadline for first-stage applications is Monday 24 June (1700 GMT) The Foundation is now accepting applications for … continue reading →

Jewish Heritage cultural heritage sites take part in Europe’s Night of Museums

May 24, 2024May 23, 2024 by jhe

Stained glass window in the synagogue in Subotica, Serbia

This past weekend was the 20th edition of the annual Night of Museums in much of Europe — and we were happy to see many Jewish museums and other heritage institutions taking part. On the Night of Museums, museums and … continue reading →

RIP Frank Stella. We recall the 2016 exhibition in Warsaw of his work inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe

May 5, 2024May 5, 2024 by jhe

Cover of the catalogue of the Frank Stella exhibit at POLIN museum

The death of the renowned American artist Frank Stella leads us to recall the major exhibition of his work in 2016, inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe. Stella died Saturday at his home in New York, aged … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Call for Applications for a major lecture to be given in November in NYC, related to Jewish heritage and history in Central Europe.

April 8, 2024April 7, 2024 by jhe

Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, 1966. By Shirley Moskowitz

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for a major lecture to be given in November in New York, related to Jewish heritage and history in Central Europe. The deadline for applications is May 31, 2024 The Jewish … continue reading →

Czech Republic: Watch a video about the Prague Jewish Museum’s “Secrets of the Attic” geniza research project

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 by jhe

Looking up in the restored synagogue in Breznice

We have posted several times about Genizas — depositories of worn out or disused ritual and other objects which for religious reasons cannot simply be thrown away. Sometimes they are buried in Jewish cemeteries; often they are hidden away in … continue reading →

Call for Applications: First-stage applications are open for funding from the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (RFHE) for European Jewish Heritage projects, starting in January 2025. Submission deadline is June 24.

Jewish Heritage cultural heritage sites take part in Europe’s Night of Museums

RIP Frank Stella. We recall the 2016 exhibition in Warsaw of his work inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe

Call for Applications: Call for Applications for a major lecture to be given in November in NYC, related to Jewish heritage and history in Central Europe.

Czech Republic: Watch a video about the Prague Jewish Museum’s “Secrets of the Attic” geniza research project

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