Jewish Heritage Europe

Anniversary of Anniversaries: New video — 150th anniversary of the Rumbach Street Synagogue, Budapest

  We have a new YouTube video up — on the 150th anniversary of the Rumbach st. synagogue in Budapest — designed by Otto Wagner and ceremonially dedicated in 1872! It’s part of our “Anniversary of Anniversaries” series marking this … continue reading →

Ukraine: The Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization has created a virtual gallery of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv, with photos and transcriptions of epitaphs from dozens of matzevot

  Researchers of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Organization have created a partial virtual reconstruction of the destroyed Old Jewish Cemetery in Lviv — creating an online gallery of historical photographs from the cemetery and detailed documentation of more than … continue reading →

Ireland: New audio guide for Ireland’s historic Ballybough Jewish cemetery, founded in Dublin in 1718. For on-site visitors and armchair travellers alike

The Dublin City Council has released a 40-minute audio guide to the more than 300-year-old Ballybough Jewish Cemetery as part of a series of audio guides to Dublin’s historic graveyards. Though its last burial was in 1958, Ballybough — established in … continue reading →

Ukraine: Images of Jewish heritage, as we hold Ukraine in our thoughts

Our hearts go out to Ukraine! We can’t find the words, so we post here a gallery of Jewish heritage sites, in Kyiv and elsewhere in the country, from happier times…. Jewish presence goes back centuries. Today, following the Holocaust … continue reading →