“Mapping Memories: Judengasse Extended,” a two-week festival April 13-30, focuses on the history of the Judengasse, the medieval Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt, and what it describes as the way its traces were “violently suppressed” from public space. Centerpiece is a … continue reading →
Ryszard Bielawski, a Polish zoologist who had a passion for creating YouTube videos of Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage sites, has died at the age of 92. Bielawski, who has been described as “probably the first and oldest YouTuber … continue reading →
We are happy to highlight the installation of new signage at the Jewish cemeteries in Rohatyn, in western Ukraine — after three years of planning and preparation and despite the ongoing war sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine over … continue reading →
Interested in the architecture, art, and history of synagogues? Take a look at “Buildings, Places and Spaces,” a series of illustrated, half-hour video talks by JHE friend Dr. Samuel D. Gruber, an art and architectural historian and an acknowledged expert … continue reading →
A tour guide in Krakow who specializes in Jewish history and culture has been tracing the sites on doorposts in the city where mezuzahs were once affixed and has developed a “mezuzah trail” of about 50 of these places to … continue reading →
