The wide-ranging survey of Jewish Museums in Europe carried out by Dr. Brigitte Sion of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe has been published online, following its formal presentation at the annual conference of the Association of European Jewish Museums. (We … continue reading →
Jewish gravestones that were used to build the steps to the main entrance to a hospital in Vilnius were removed last week and taken to the site of the vast Užupis Jewish cemetery where they once stood, joining thousands of … continue reading →
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 →
