Jewish Heritage Europe

Latest Have Your Say: Discover and Connect – How Tourism can make a Difference, by Flavia Matei (restored post)

Passage in the art nouveau complex in Oradea, designed by the Jewish architects Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab and built 1907-8

Restored post (originally posted Feb. 17, 2025) During our recent outage, we lost material, including our latest Have Your Say personal essay — an essay titled Discover and Connect – How Tourism can make a Difference, by Flavia Matei. We … continue reading →

Slovakia: New downloadable brochure guide to Jewish heritage in eastern Slovakia — and the annual Slovak Jewish heritage conference, Sept. 5, at the newly renovated grand synagogue in Trenčín

Orthodox synagogue, Presov, Slovakia

The tourism department of Kosice Region in the far east of Slovakia has just uploaded a downloadable guide to Jewish monuments in eastern Slovakia.  The 44-page brochure, available in PDF in English and Slovak,  is amply illustrated with photos and … continue reading →

Italy: PugliaEbraica — new online (and paper) resource for Jewish heritage in Puglia

puglia ebraica home page

A new online (and paper) resource focuses on the Jewish heritage of Puglia (Apulia) — the region on the heel of the Italian boot, where Jews lived from ancient times until their expulsion in the 16th century. Only a handful … continue reading →

France: New easily consultable online (and downloadable) guide to Jewish heritage in the Bas Rhin department of Alsace

Learn about the Jewish heritage in the Bas Rhin Department of Alsace, France, with new, easily consultable resources on the web pages of the Bas Rhin Jewish Consistory’s Culture and Heritage section — which manages more than 45 cemeteries and … continue reading →

Germany: Debates continue over the “Judensau” carvings on medieval churches

This post isn’t about Jewish heritage — but about heritage referencing Jews…. The Jewish Chronicle and other media recently have published articles about the longstanding — and continuing — debate over what to do about the medieval carving of the … continue reading →