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Mazel tov to the literary scholar, historian and educator Carmen Reichert who will take over as director of the Augsburg Swabia Jewish Museum on May 1, 2022! Reichert, 36, will replace Barbara Staudinger, who will become the next director of … continue reading →
Mazel tov to the Polish athlete and activist Dariusz Popiela who has received the 2021 POLIN award presented by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw! It was the seventh edition of the award. The Awards, which … continue reading →
The German photographer Peter Seidel’s touring exhibit of his photographs of mikvaot — ritual baths — is on show in Friedberg, the town near Frankfurt am Main where Europe’s largest known mikvah, dating from the 13th century, is located. Called … continue reading →
A current exhibition in Istanbul focuses on the archaeological findings that demonstrate a Jewish presence in what is now Turkey that goes back more than 2,500 years. Called “Jewish Identity Engraved on Stones,” it is mounted by the Museum of … continue reading →
A current exhibition and a new online resource trace the history and geography of Jewish life in Manchester, the UK’s second largest Jewish center, after London. The exhibition is “Vanished Streets” — an exhibition running October 20-January 16 at the … continue reading →
