Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for applicants, Digital Humanities workshop

Early career Jewish Studies researchers and/or professionals take note! You may apply for a two-day, interdisciplinary Workshop on Jewish Heritage Records and Digital Humanities, 4-5 September, 2018 at King’s College London.  Presented by the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe (RFHE) and the … continue reading →

Ukraine: Interactive virtual walking tour of Jewish Lviv

    The Center for Urban History in Lviv has posted an interactive online walking tour of Jewish Lviv that uses maps, photographs and archival material, video, and text to tell the story of places and people, and also to … continue reading →

Transnistria: Sefer’s detailed work on Rashkov Jewish cemetery

Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out clean-up and epigraphic work this summer at the ruined and overgrown Jewish cemetery in Rashkov (Raşcov), Transnistria, whose gravestones date back to the 18th century. Raşcov … continue reading →

Poland: New Guidebook to Jewish Łódź

  Field Guide to Jewish Łódź — a new, richly illustrated Jewish guidebook to the city — is now available, both as an 86-page printed book and in downloadable PDF form.. Published by the Taube Center for the Renewal of … continue reading →

Ukraine road trip: In Brody, New Signage at Fortress Synagogue ruin & New Recognition of Jewish History

  (JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber recently visited Jewish heritage sites in more than 10 towns near Lviv in western Ukraine to observe conditions and note changes).  – – – – Built in the 1740s and heavily damaged in World … continue reading →