Jewish Heritage Europe

Thoughts on a trip through western Ukraine, by Christian Herrmann

On his blog, Christian Herrmann reflects on a recent trip visiting Jewish sites in Bukovina and Galicia in western Ukraine. He describes “a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We  visited 27 towns … continue reading →

Article Profiles U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad

  Lesley Weiss was recently named Chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad –and  her first public participation in a major Jewish heritage preservation event was at last month’s conference in Krakow on Managing Jewish … continue reading →

Digital Mapping of Vilna Ghetto project

We’ve come across what looks like an interesting kickstarter project called ReVILNA, a project about the WW2 Vilna Ghetto described on its web site as a “digital mapping project dedicated to understanding how the residents of the Ghetto lived, how the … continue reading →

English translation of Hagay HaCohen’s article

We have now posted the English translation of Hagay HaCohen’s lengthy and comprehensive article about the Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage conference,  for Polish Radio’s Hebrew service. Click here to see the translation       ShareTweetSharePin