Jewish Heritage Europe

Yet more new Jewish travel apps — Venice and Lithuania

  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 →

New Jewish heritage travel app — Białystok

  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 →

Romania: Campaign to restore Jewish cemetery in Arad

  A new promotional video highlights the campaign to restore the old Neolog Jewish cemetery in Arad, in western Romania near the border with Hungary — a vast but neglected site where some 10,000 people are buried, a number of … continue reading →

Russia/Belarus: fruitful summer research on Jewish heritage

  Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out three weeklong field schools this summer during which students documented Jewish material heritage and carried out interviews and other research on local Jewish history … continue reading →

Ukraine: Inauguration of Space of Synagogues in L’viv

  Sunday, Sept. 4, marked the inauguration of the Space of Synagogues, the first completed part of three planned sites commemorating Jewish history and heritage in L’viv, Ukraine. The project is believed to mark the first time in Ukraine that … continue reading →