Jewish Heritage Europe

Italy: New guidebook to Jewish Florence (in English and Italian editions)

Visiting Florence? A new, illustrated guidebook to Jewish Florence has been published, in English and Italian language editions: Jewish Florence: Illustrated Itinerary, and Firenze ebraica: Itinerario illustrato. The 80-page softcover guide was published by Aska Edizioni. It was written by … continue reading →

Slovenia/Italy: Nova Gorica and Gorizia in bid for joint transborder “European Capital of Culture” 2025

The twin cities of Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia are vying to jointly become the European Capital of Culture (ECC) in 2025, based on the unique transnational nature of the two cities, which lie next to each other on … continue reading →

Russia: New downloadable tourist guide to Jewish Kaliningrad (Königsberg) — a walking tour

If you get to Kaliningrad, Russia — formerly Königsberg, East Prussia — you can now follow a Jewish heritage itinerary in the city. Just a year ago, exactly 80 years after the grandiose New Synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht, a … continue reading →

New Have Your Say op-ed by Anda Reuben: Putting Jewish heritage in Sibiu, Romania back on the map

Though a tiny Jewish community still lives in Sibiu, in central Romania, little visible is left of the city’s rich Jewish history, aside from the beautiful Great Synagogue and two Jewish cemeteries. In “Jewish Sibiu: an Almost Forgotten Story” — … continue reading →

CZ-PL: Just weeks after ambitious EU-funded revitalization of Jewish cemeteries in Osoblaha, CZ and Biała, PL, vandals cause minor damage to 6 gravestones in Osoblaha

We had planned to write about an ambitious, recently carried out EU-funded cross-border project focused on revitalizing the related — and historic — Jewish cemeteries in Osoblaha, Czech Republic and nearby Biała, Poland,  but unfortunately we also have to note … continue reading →