Jewish Heritage Europe

Slovenia/Italy: Nova Gorica and Gorizia in bid for joint transborder “European Capital of Culture” 2025

The twin cities of Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia are vying to jointly become the European Capital of Culture (ECC) in 2025, based on the unique transnational nature of the two cities, which lie next to each other on … continue reading →

Netherlands: Culture ministry allocates €2.5 million to preserve Jewish cemeteries

The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science has allocated €2.5 million for the maintenance and restoration of Jewish cemeteries in The Netherlands. Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven announced the grant in a letter to Parliament November 5. The NIK Jewish … continue reading →

Italy: Major state financing restored for MEIS – the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah – enabling it to complete its ambitious building complex and exhibition. MEIS also will collaborate with Colosseum archaeology park

Italy’s Culture Ministry has restored €25 million in state funding for the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS),  enabling the museum, located in the northeast city Ferrara, to complete its ambitious building complex and exhibition. The funding … continue reading →

France: Jewish community appeal for restoration of stained glass windows in the village of Wolfisheim. The project is also promoted by France’s Heritage Foundation

The Jewish community in Wolfisheim, a village near Strasbourg in France’s Alsace region, has launched an appeal for donations to help restore the stained glass windows of its synagogue. The appeal is being promoted by France’s Heritage Foundation (Fondation du … continue reading →

Hungary: Exciting news! Blueprints for Szeged Synagogue & Lipot Baumhorn correspondence discovered — eventual exhibition planned

This is exciting news! The blueprints and other documentation for the majestic New Synagogue in Szeged, Hungary have been discovered, and an exhibition is being planned — possibly in time for next year to mark the 160th birthday of the … continue reading →