In recent years, the internet has seen a growing wealth of web sites, data bases and portals that provide searchable access to a vast array of digitized content and resources. A list of projects in the field, built and compiled by … continue reading →
The festival of Shavuot, which begins Saturday night, marks the reception of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. Jews traditionally go to synagogue on Shavuot to hear the Ten Commandments read out: 1. I am the Lord your God. 2.’You … continue reading →
In time for Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the reception of the 10 Commandments from God, Sally Berkovic, the CEO of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, has written a long, thoughtful essay proposing “10 Commandments” of Jewish Heritage — her hope … continue reading →
In the six years since it was founded, the Virtual Shtetl web site has become an extraordinary digital portal to news, information and data about Jewish heritage, history and sites in more than 2,500 localities in historic Polish lands. … continue reading →
The Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt has embarked on a detailed project to document, digitize and locate the gravestones and epitaphs in the city’s Old Jewish Cemetery, which was in used from about 1679 to about 1875. The cemetery … continue reading →
