This month marks five years since JHE went live online. In a lengthy interview with Liam Hoare on the website eJewishPhilanthropy, JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber reflects on developments in Jewish heritage work — looking back and looking … continue reading →
In our new Have Your Say personal essay, Dr. Heidi M. Szpek writes beautifully about how she was drawn to reading and translating the epitaphs on the gravestones in the Bagnówka Jewish cemetery in Białystok, Poland and thus … continue reading →
A roundtable meeting in L’viv of activists, Jewish representatives, NGOs, and local government officials appears to signal new cooperation and possible new, collaborative strategies on Jewish cultural heritage preservation and research in parts of western Ukraine. JHE friend Marla Raucher … continue reading →
Plans have been announced for a state-of-the-art Jewish museum slated to open in 2019 as part of the “Lost Shtetl” memorial complex at Šeduva, Lithuania. The museum complex will be designed by the Finnish company “Lahdelma & Mahlamäki … continue reading →
The domed synagogue in Augsburg, Germany (which anchors a major Jewish museum) celebrates its centenary this year and has just released its “Jubilee Program” — a series of events in April, May, and June to mark the occasion. The program … continue reading →
