Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland Update: Thanks to new, major funding, plans can go ahead to modernize the early 19th century synagogue building in Konin and convert it into a cultural space highlighting the diverse cultural and religious history of the town.

Thanks to a grant of more than 16 million zlotys (around €3,800,000), the city of Konin in central Poland will be able to  go ahead with plans to modernize the early 19th century synagogue building and convert it into a … continue reading →

Slovakia: A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia  — is undertaking the  gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča

A new civic association — Mekomot Slovakia  — is undertaking the  gradual restoration, clean-up, and maintenance of the Jewish cemetery in the historic town of Levoča, in  eastern Slovakia. It started in August with clean-up operations and hopes to complete … continue reading →

France: A fundraising campaign is launched to restore the former synagogue in Hégenheim as an arts center. The synagogue has not been used for worship in more than a century

In collaboration with France’s Heritage Foundation, the owner and the association that operates the historic former synagogue in Hégenheim have launched a fundraising campaign to continue restoration of the building as an arts center.  Donations will make it possible to … continue reading →

UK: Grants awarded for Brighton’s Middle Street Synagogue project and a project about Jewish history and the Moses Montefiore synagogue in Grimsby

Two projects aimed as preserving and valorizing Jewish history and heritage and in two seacoast cities — Brighton, on the English Channel and Grimsby, on the North Sea — have received National Lottery Heritage funded grants. One is the ongoing … continue reading →

Poland: Around 2,500 fragments of matzevot used by the Nazis to construct underground rooms have been recovered from beneath a parking lot in Janów Lubelski

This autumn, around 2,500 fragments of matzevot were extracted from beneath the parking lot of the City Hall in Janów Lubelski, a small town near Lublin in eastern Poland. The Nazi German occupiers had used them to build three underground … continue reading →