The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Jewish Heritage Europe, and we will be celebrating it throughout the year with special content. The theme of JHE’s 10th birthday celebrations is the “Anniversary of Anniversaries” — that is, using JHE’s own anniversary to feature other significant or symbolic … continue reading →
Mazel tov! The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NHLF) and Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns programme have awarded significant funding to the Foundation for Jewish Heritage for its plans to develop a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre at the historic former synagogue at Merthyr Tydfil. The NHLF awarded … continue reading →
After five years, the restoration of the Jewish cemetery in Baden, near Vienna, has been completed, and at a ceremony this week the cemetery was officially handed over to the local municipality, which will be responsible for its further maintenance. The … continue reading →
The striking, Moorish-style former synagogue in the town of Vrbové, Slovakia, stands in sad disrepair, but there are efforts under way to (slowly) restore the building. Constructed in 1883, it was designed by the Bratislava architects identified as Grätzel and … continue reading →
The small town of Híjar, in the northern Spanish region of Aragon, has been granted €500,000 from the EU for the rehabilitation and restoration of its medieval Jewish quarter, including the medieval synagogue, now St. Anthony church. The announcement was … continue reading →
