A small private Jewish museum and education space has opened in Białystok, in eastern Poland. Called “Miejsce” — The Place — it is a project spearheaded by the longtime, tireless Jewish heritage researcher and activist Tomasz Wiśniewski. It grew out … continue reading →
Over the past two years a group of boys from the Roma community has worked to clean and restore the Jewish cemetery in the village of Vinodol, in southwest Slovakia. A ceremony this past week unveiled a Holocaust memorial there … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Caterina Quareni, who took up the post as the new director of the Jewish Museum in Bologna in April. Quareni replaces Vincenza Maugeri, who has retired after heading the museum for eight years. Born in Bologna in 1966, … continue reading →
Ryszard Bielawski, a Polish zoologist who had a passion for creating YouTube videos of Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage sites, has died at the age of 92. Bielawski, who has been described as “probably the first and oldest YouTuber … continue reading →
This is rather off our geographic topic, but, we feel, of interest. An exhibition of photographs by JHE contributor Michele Migliori will open March 22 — at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They are photos of … continue reading →
