The Center for Urban History in Lviv has posted an interactive online walking tour of Jewish Lviv that uses maps, photographs and archival material, video, and text to tell the story of places and people, and also to … continue reading →
The tourist information web site of the Jewish community of Brno, Czech Republic includes databases, with maps, of more than 20 Jewish cemeteries in southern Moravia. The cemeteries are listed by information cards. Click on the card and … continue reading →
The medieval Jewish cemetery in Bologna that was destroyed by order of Pope Pius V in 1569 has been rediscovered and is the focus of a research project by academic institutions with the cooperation of the Bologna Jewish community. … continue reading →
On JHE we don’t usually post about commemorative memorials per se, but we thought we would take a little time to describe the powerful, and innovative, new memorial in Munich that was dedicated in September, marking the 45th anniversary … continue reading →
During the conference in Vilnius earlier in September about how to commemorate the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius, a new Virtual Reality app presenting the synagogue in 3D was debuted. Watch the trailer for it here: … continue reading →
