A richly illustrated new book puts the destroyed synagogues of Upper Silesia, in southwest Poland, back on the map. Called Synagogi na Górnym Śląsku (Synagogues in Upper Silesia), the book was published by the Gliwice Museum and its branch the Upper … continue reading →
Many photographers have focused their work on surviving — if ruined — Jewish heritage sites in Europe. The Czech photographer Štěpán Bartoš has a documentation, exhibit, and book project where he photographs the blank spaces in the Czech Republic where … continue reading →
The German photographer Peter Seidel’s touring exhibit of his photographs of mikvaot — ritual baths — is on show in Friedberg, the town near Frankfurt am Main where Europe’s largest known mikvah, dating from the 13th century, is located. Called … continue reading →
We’ve highlighted a number of virtual tours and other online Jewish heritage resources since the beginning of the pandemic, and with new lockdowns and restrictions that will most likely keep people pretty much at home this winter, we’ll be highlighting … continue reading →
After 15 years of work, photographs and other documentation of the 20 Jewish cemeteries in north-central Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region have been uploaded to a freely accessed online database, part of an online platform of overall digitized heritage material in the … continue reading →
