We are happy to share this call for applicants for a PhD Fellowship from Bar Ilan University — topics of study include the art and architecture of synagogues. The deadline for applications is May 6, 2018. = = = = … continue reading →
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 →
Today is Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. As we have done in the past (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the … continue reading →
Radauti, Romania: women’s gravestones with candlesticks We’re marking March 8 — International Women’s Day — by saluting the way Jewish women are remembered in visual terms: in this case, the way women are portrayed in Jewish funerary art. Jewish … continue reading →
Drone video can be overused — but in this case it provides a spectacular view of the recently completed, German-funded restoration of the domed roof of the Ceremonial Hall at the vast Jewish cemetery in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. … continue reading →
