Jewish Heritage Europe

Jewish cemeteries: The ESJF publishes as online books its surveys of Jewish cemeteries in Poland and Slovakia.

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has published as online books its surveys of Jewish cemeteries in Poland and Slovakia. The books are published in the ISSUU format and are searchable and sharable. Both cover extant cemeteries and destroyed cemetery … continue reading →

Call for participants: “History, Memory and Responsibility” English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial. Oct. 27-30. Deadline for Applications is Sept. 26

Arbeit Macht Frei gate, Auschwitz

We are pleased to share the Call for Participants for the 2025 “History, Memory and Responsibility” English-language seminar for journalists at the Auschwitz Memorial, . It will take place from 27 to 30 October 2025.  Deadline for applications is Sept. … continue reading →

UK Call for volunteers: London cemetery online and on-site documentation training workshop

Are you in London and interested in both documenting a historic Jewish cemetery — and learning how to do so? If so, you can join an online and on-site volunteer program to document the Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in Hackney, … continue reading →

Call for Papers: Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe. Vilnius April 16-17, 2026.  Application deadline: November 30, 2025

Interior of the New Synagogue in Szeged, hungary, designed by Lipot Baumhorn

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the international conference Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe. To be held in Vilnius April 16-17, 2026.  Application deadline: November 30, 2025. The organizers are: Kirsten … continue reading →

Call for Applications: International Seminar for Holocaust Museum and Memorial Educators at Yad Vashem, December 3-10, 2025

Holocaust Museum signage, Budapest, 2023

We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for an International Seminar for Holocaust Museum and Memorial Educators at Yad Vashem, December 3-10, 2025. Deadline for Applications is September 10. Specifically designed for museum and memorial educators, this professional … continue reading →