Jewish Heritage Europe

UK: Longtime Jewish heritage activist Valerie Bello receives the Heritage Hero Lifetime Award from the UK’s Heritage Alliance

Valerie Bello receives the Heritage Heroes Award. Photo: B'nai B'rith UK

Mazel tov to longtime Jewish heritage activist Valerie Bello who has been awarded the ‘Heritage Hero Lifetime Award’ by the Heritage Alliance, a network of more that 200 independent heritage organisations in England, focused on volunteer activists and activities. Each … continue reading →

Poland: Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich and heritage activist Adam Bartosz receive the Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland’s first Distinguished Service awards

The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland NGO has presented its first “Distinguished Service” awards to Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich and heritage activist Adam Bartosz, founder and chair of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in … continue reading →

UK: Mazel tov! King Charles names Jewish communal and heritage activist Leslie Lipert an MBE — he has long been active in preserving the Penzance Jewish cemetery and other Jewish built heritage in Cornwall

Mazel tov! King Charles III has honored 93-year-old Jewish communal and heritage activist Leslie Lipert, naming him a Member of the Order of Empire (MBE)! Lipert was among hundreds of people included in the King’s 2025 New Year’s Honors List. … continue reading →

Poland: Modest grants from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland aid Jewish heritage projects

Mazel tov to the 13 projects that have been awarded modest grants from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute in Poland. Several of them will support Jewish built heritage projects around the country. The winners were chosen from 35 … continue reading →

Germany: learn about the results of the ShUM Cities artist in residency carried out this past summer  by the Hungarian visual artist Bence Illyes

Bence Illyes with the exhibited cyanotype prints

We are happy to present the results of the ShUM Cities artist in residency carried out this past summer  by the Hungarian visual artist Bence Illyes.  The ShUM Cities project  linking the important medieval Jewish heritage of the German cities … continue reading →