Jewish Heritage Europe

Poland: Galicia Jewish Museum mobile app showcases Photographs from Jewish Poland, from the 19th century to the present

Holocaust Museum signage in Budapest, 2023

(JHE) — Krakow’s Galicia Jewish Museum has launched a mobile app that uses historic and contemporary photographs to tell the story of Polish Jews and their environments from the late 19th century to the present. Called Photographs from Jewish Poland, … continue reading →

Kristallnacht 2020: On the 82nd anniversary, we highlight 3D virtual reconstructions of synagogues that were destroyed

(JHE) — The night of November 9-10 marks the 82nd anniversary of Reichspogrom night — the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property, and Jewish places of worship all over … continue reading →

Celebrating (and Accessing) Jewish Archives, Collections, Libraries: In Italy, the UK, and in Europe

JHE primarily deals with Jewish built heritage — but also with the variety of issues linked to and concerning it, from museums and exhibits to tourism. Today, we celebrate Jewish Archives, Libraries, and Archival Collections — and highlight three projects … continue reading →

Turkey: Major online resource launched — vast database of Jewish cemeteries in Turkey, encompassing more than 61,000 gravestones

This is major — a vast Digitized Database of Turkish Jewish Cemeteries has just been launched online and made available to the public by the Goldstein Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv University.  Called A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries … continue reading →

Italy: delicate repair work under way to consolidate sinking floor of Florence synagogue

Delicate work is under way to consolidate the mosaic marble flooring of the great synagogue in Florence to prevent possible collapse. Work began on June 1 and is to continue through the month. The Opera del Tempio di Firenze — … continue reading →