The World War I Austro-Hungarian military cemetery in Štanjel, Slovenia is a haunting sight, noted — in our context — for its two Jewish gravestones in what is today a vast empty field. JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber first visited in 1996, … continue reading →
The Jewish Museum in Prague has launched an informative web site with online exhibits about the eclectic material discovered in genizas in a dozen synagogue buildings that have been researched in the country since the 1990s. The web site, in … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for the new Stewart and Lynda Resnick Fellowship Program at the National Library of Israel. In 2023, the new National Library of Israel (NLI) campus will open in Jerusalem. The Stewart and … continue reading →
The new Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study inHerit. Heritage in Transformation, based at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, has put out a call inviting applications from both experienced and early career post-doc researchers for fellowships to begin in 2024. It also welcomes applications from artists, film-makers and curators. The … continue reading →
Remnants of a pre-WW2 mikvah believed to date back to the 18th century have been found during the construction of a parking lot in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp. The discovery … continue reading →
