(JHE) — The Jewish heritage world has lost a giant — Maria Piechotka, a pioneer in the study of synagogue architecture in Poland and mentor to generations, has died in Warsaw, just months after her 100th birthday. May her soul … continue reading →
(JHE) — We mourn the death of Hryhoriy (Grisha) Arshynov, a Jewish activist who fought for decades to rescue and preserve the Jewish cemetery in Ostroh, Ukraine — and over the past four years spearheaded the restoration of the town’s … continue reading →
(JHE) — Italian Jews are mourning the death this week of Amos Luzzatto, a longtime community leader who passed away September 9 aged 92. Luzzatto, a physician and scholar, served as president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) … continue reading →
Tadeusz Kuźmiński, an entrepreneur who rebuilt a wooden synagogue and created a “living shtetl skansen” without Jews in southeast Poland, has died after a long illness. He was 65. Kuźmiński, who died Saturday, was a businessman and local philanthropist in … continue reading →
The Hungarian sociologist and lawyer András Gyekiczki, who worked to preserve Jewish memory and heritage, has died. Gyekiczki, who died of cancer July 14, spent years researching the forgotten stories of the Jewish families of Pápa, in western Hungary, where … continue reading →
