We are happy to forward the latest Newsletter from Judaica Europeana. The current issues features news and collection highlights from JE’s network of heritage institutions: the Jewish Theologica Seminary Library, the National Library of Israel, the Steinheim Institute and others. … continue reading →
Congratulation to Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko of Cukerman’s Gate Foundation and to Jolanta Żyndul, who were awarded the Maria and Lukasz Hirszowicz prize at a ceremony June 2 at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw. The prize was established … continue reading →
Legislation that would make the desecration of cemeteries – including Jewish cemeteries around the world – a violation of religious freedom has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and will now head to the Senate. The date of the Senate … continue reading →
Work is to begin soon in an outdoor ethnographic museum in southeast Poland on the construction of a full-scale replica of the wooden synagogue of Połaniec, which was destroyed, along with the Jewish population of the town, during World War II. … continue reading →
A young filmmaker, Ghila Valabrega, is fund-raising to finance a short movie that itself is conceived as a means to raise funding to repair the 19th century synagogue in Sabbioneta, Italy (a UNESCO world heritage site) which was badly damaged … continue reading →
