Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for applications: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Professional Development grants for Europe-based professional working with Jewish heritage within an institution

Conference on Urban Jewish Cemeteries, Alba Iulia, Romania, October 2024

Are you a Europe-based professional working with Jewish heritage within an institution? Do you want to attend a conference, seminar or specialist training course that would help you with your work? Improve your working knowledge of Hebrew or any other … continue reading →

Call for submissions: Attention young scholars — Leo Baeck Institute invites submissions for its 2026 Year Book Essay Prize

The dome of the Oranienburgerstrasse synagogue is a Berlin landmark

Attention young scholars! We are pleased to share this Call for Submissions by the Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry (LBI)  for its 2026 Year Book Essay Prize. The competition is open … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Dubnow Institute Visiting Research Fellowship Program 2025/26

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for the Dubnow Institute Visiting Research Fellowship Program (2025/26) Application deadline: 16 December 2024   The Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI) offers fellowships to external … continue reading →

Call for Applications: YIVO Fellowships in Eastern European and American Jewish Studies

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for a range of Eastern Europe and American Jewish Studies fellowships at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York,  for 2025-2026. The application deadline is January 17, 2025. Each year, … continue reading →

Belarus: Digital (and Virtual Reality) reconstruction of the wooden Great Synagogue of Wolpa is launched by the Belarusian Jewish Cultural Heritage Center

Start page of the self-guided virtual tour of the Wolpa Great Synagogue

The Belarusian Jewish Cultural Heritage Center (BJCH) has created  a virtual reconstruction of the Great Synagogue in Wolpa, an elaborate wooden structure believed to have dated from the first half of the 18th century, which — like hundreds of other … continue reading →