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 →
The site of the long-destroyed medieval synagogue in York is now marked with a classic Blue Plaque denoting a historic location. It is the first blue plaque marking Jewish heritage in York. York Civic Trust unveiled the plaque on September … continue reading →
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 →
The Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem runs the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, the world’s largest repository of documentation on Jewish visual culture. The Index’s more than half a million images feature a vast … continue reading →
A (very) longterm research project to document Jewish cemeteries in Germany is getting underway. Over the course of the coming two decades and more, researchers from North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria will be documenting 35 selected Jewish cemeteries in great detail, … continue reading →
