Jewish Heritage Europe

New “Have Your Say” essay: Why I am writing a Field Guide to Jewish Cemeteries — for Poles

  Witold Wrzosiński is the co-founder and co-director of the Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland. Currently, with a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture, he is writing a Field Guide to Jewish Cemeteries, mainly aimed at … continue reading →

New, interactive e-book guide to Jewish Venice

  Venice this year is marking the 500th anniversary of the imposition of the Venice Ghetto — the first time ruling authorities in Europe officially confined Jews to a closed, segregated space. There’s a rich array of events to mark … continue reading →

Cemetery Research: Focus on New Technologies

  Ground-penetrating radar and other new, non-invasive technologies are important new tools in research on Jewish (and other) burial places, including cemeteries as well as death camps and other Holocaust sites. These technologies can help pinpoint grave sites and buried … continue reading →

Matzo Matzo Matzo! (Memories of old times in Italy and Poland)

    The old matzo oven has long been one of the sites that can be visited as part of the Jewish museum in Pitigliano, an extraordinarily picturesque hill town in southern Tuscany once known as a “little Jerusalem” because … continue reading →

10 Great Places to Experience Jewish History: interview with JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber

JHE Coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber is featured in an interview about Jewish heritage sites around the world, published in the Travel section of USAToday newspaper. The interviewer asked her to highlight some of her favorite sites to visit, in North … continue reading →