Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Submissions: Parallel Traces Jewish Heritage digital art competition

The Parallel Traces Jewish heritage digital art competition is now open. The EU-funded Jewish heritage project, formally called Parallel Traces: A New Lens on Jewish Heritage, aims to encourage awareness of urban Jewish heritage through digital art — photographs, audio … continue reading →

Ten Synagogues in Belarus: news site publishes a photo essay of a ruined landscape

A news site in Belarus, planetbelarus.by,  has published a photo essay of 10 surviving synagogue buildings around the country — check it out! The synagogues in the photo essay include those in: Slonim    Bykhov  Ruzhany  Stolin   Grodno   Kobryn   Luzhki   Ashmiany   … continue reading →

Parallel Traces: New EU-funded Jewish heritage project aims to promote awareness through digital art

A new, EU-funded Jewish heritage project, Parallel Traces: A New Lens on Jewish Heritage, aims to encourage awareness of urban Jewish heritage through digital art — photographs, audio and visual presentations, and the like. The project, its web site states, … continue reading →

Springtime Photo Essay: Flowers in Jewish decorative art both mourn death and celebrate life

Spring is coming — or just about here — in the northern hemisphere. It’s a time of flowers. Flowers and floral motifs are frequently used in Jewish decorative art, in synagogues and Jewish cemeteries. They provide symbolic representation of life … continue reading →