The COVID vaccine roll-out is raising hopes for eased restrictions on travel and visits to cultural sites. Just in time — United Synagogue, the British orthodox synagogue umbrella, has launched a free new smartphone self-guided walking tour of historic Jewish … continue reading →
(JHE) — The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism. The EU’s 2014-2020 Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Program announced in January it … continue reading →
The twin cities of Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia have jointly be named the European Capital of Culture (ECC) for 2025, based on the unique transnational nature of the two cities, which lie next to each other on either … continue reading →
Our new Have Your Say personal essay is called Tourism in the age of Coronavirus, or the Seven Stages of Grief by Dr. Tomasz Cebulski, a Jewish heritage tour guide and genealogist in Poland — and a scholar whose PhD … continue reading →
The orthodox synagogue in Makó, southeastern Hungary, has been reinaugurated after a six-month renovation process, along with a new visitor center set up in an adjacent building. The August 27 ceremony was attended by both civil and religious figures, including … continue reading →
