Today is Yom haShoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. We remember the names. We repost here our video about Holocaust Monuments that personalize the victims. We must never forget that each of the … continue reading →
Passover — Pesach — begins on Monday night, with the Seder meal — a ritual repast that forms the basis of installations in various Jewish (and sometimes other) museums. With its Matzo and its symbolic foods arranged on a special … continue reading →
We have posted a number of times about the former synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and the project to create there a Welsh Jewish Heritage Centre, spearheaded by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage. Here’s another aspect of the Jewish heritage … continue reading →
We have posted several times about Genizas — depositories of worn out or disused ritual and other objects which for religious reasons cannot simply be thrown away. Sometimes they are buried in Jewish cemeteries; often they are hidden away in … continue reading →
A new online (and paper) resource focuses on the Jewish heritage of Puglia (Apulia) — the region on the heel of the Italian boot, where Jews lived from ancient times until their expulsion in the 16th century. Only a handful … continue reading →
