Jewish Heritage Europe wishes all our readers and friends a Happy Hanukkah! Thank you for your interest and support — and thanks especially to those of you who have contacted us with questions and comments, with news of publications and … continue reading →
It’s that time of year again…. JHE friend Christian Herrmann has published a calendar for 2020 illustrated with his photographs of Jewish heritage sites in eastern Europe. It is mainly based on the images he exhibited in 2019 in Kyiv … continue reading →
By now it’s a JHE tradition. The night of November 9-10 marks the 81st anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over … continue reading →
In the United States, the European heritage of most American Jews is evident in the Jewish built heritage, particularly in older Jewish cemeteries and synagogues. The historic Ohabei Shalom Jewish cemetery in East Boston, founded in 1844, is the first … continue reading →
We post here a taste of an exhibit of photographs documenting Romaniote Jews in Greece and New York that is being shown at the Greek Consulate in New York, and later at the Greek Embassy in Washington. Called “Romaniote Memories … continue reading →
