News has come of the death of Yaffa Eliach, 79, the scholar who — as the New York Times put it survived the Nazi massacres of Jews in her Lithuanian town, and went on to document their daily life … continue reading →
Four major conferences in November deal with Jewish (and other) built heritage — we wish we could be cloned in order to attend them all! As is, we will hope to present information on all four, including presentations that … continue reading →
Congratulations to the editors and authors of a new book that should be of interest to many of our readers: Reform Judaism and Architecture, edited by Andreas Brämer, Mirko Przystawik and Harmen H. Thies and published October 6 by … continue reading →
The list of mobile Jewish tourism apps continues to grow…Yesterday we posted about a new mobile travel app for Jewish Bialystok, Poland…. today it’s the turn of Venice and Lithuania. The new Discover Jewish Lithuania app is now available, … continue reading →
The latest in the growing list of mobile apps for Jewish heritage travel is the Jewish Heritage Trail app for Białystok, Poland. The app — which can be downloaded from both ITunes and Google Play — was developed by … continue reading →
