Following the closure of a year-long standoff over the directorship of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the museum’s new director, Zygmunt Stępiński, begins a three-year term in the post today, March 1. Stępiński, who became Deputy … continue reading →
Carmen Álvarez Nogales has been named director of the Sefardí Museum, housed in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. The Education, Culture, and Sport Ministry made the announcement on Friday. Álvarez Nogales, born in 1983, has been working as a curator … continue reading →
The National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) has opened a call for applications for a director, to fulfill a four- year term in the post. The four-year term of its current director, the Italian scholar and journalist … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Jewish cultural studies luminary Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, who has been awarded a Dan David Prize for 2020! She receives the prize for “making an ongoing, groundbreaking contribution to cultural preservation or revival through research, conservation efforts or direct … continue reading →
The town of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, in northern Portugal near the border with Spain, expects to open in April a long-planned Jewish interpretive center, to highlight local Jewish history but also in hopes of drawing tourists. Dr. Ephraim Bueno … continue reading →
