Jewish Heritage Europe

Jewish cemetery clean-ups: Fourth 2022 Round-up. Nearly 4 dozen initiatives in 10 countries

Oswiecim Jewish cemetery

So far this year, we’ve published three round-ups listing scores of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a fourth!  (Click to see our previous listings posted in April, in May, and July.) This fourth round-up lists … continue reading →

Austria: Mazel tov to the Jewish Museum Hohenems — recipient of the 2022 Austrian Museum Prize!

Participants in the 2013 conference of the Association of European Jewish Museums outside the Jewish Museum in Hohenems. Photo courtesy of the AEJM ©Dietmar Walser

(JHE) — Mazel tov to the Jewish Museum Hohenems, which has received the Austrian Museum Prize 2022! The €20,000 prize is awarded annually by the Museum Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sports (BMKÖS) for … continue reading →

Hungary Update: A return visit to the Balatonfüred Jewish cemetery — four years after we previewed its about-to-begin restoration

It’s a pleasure to re-visit Jewish heritage sites and see the progress on (or completion of) projects  we’ve posted about before (or when) they got under way. Just four years ago, in September 2018, we visited the Jewish cemetery in … continue reading →

France Update: Schirmeck synagogue — 1st phase of renovation complete; it will be the centerpiece of the European Day of Jewish Culture kick-off, with the return of a Torah rescued during WW2

The synagogue in Schirmeck, France, will be the centrepiece of the official kick-off of the European Days of Jewish Culture on Sunday, September 4.  The theme of this year’s EDJC is “Renewal,” and the ceremony will celebrate the current restoration … continue reading →

Hungary: The wonderful 19th synagogue in Kőszeg is opening to the public after a 2-year renovation, with an exhibition about Philip Schey, the Hapsburg Jewish baron who funded its construction

(JHE) — After years of false starts and failed attempts, the long-derelict 19th century synagogue in Kőszeg, western Hungary, is reopening to the public after a full-scale renovation that took place over the past two years. The synagogue, which is … continue reading →