(JHE) — In a remarkable discovery, hundreds of gravestones from the destroyed old Jewish cemetery in Bratislava have come to light. Dating mainly from the 18th to the early 19th century, they were found piled up in a neglected and … continue reading →
(JHE) — A prominent new Holocaust memorial in Gorlice, in southern Poland, is a pavilion-like building shaped like a Star of David that conserves numerous matzevot and fragments discovered at the site of a former Hasidic bet midrash in the … continue reading →
Despite the pandemic, last year saw wide-ranging restoration and maintenance work on a score of historic Jewish heritage sites in the Bas-Rhin department of Alsace. A newly published report by the Heritage Department of the Jewish administrative umbrella Consistoire of … continue reading →
(JHE) — The unique preserved burial archive of the vast Jewish cemetery in Łódź will be digitized this year, with the details from the burial cards of more than 65,000 individuals uploaded and made available online. The collection is owned … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this call for applications from local and international scholars for a grant from the SEFER Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, in Moscow. SEFER’ CENTER INTERNATIONAL GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE … continue reading →
