After 37 years, Janusz Makuch is stepping down as director of the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival. Taking over will be his longtime deputy, Robert Gądek. “Thirty-seven years after the creation of the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, I have decided … continue reading →
We have followed the development of the Willesden Jewish cemetery in northwest London into a place of public heritage known as the House of Life for nearly a decade, posting a number of times — but always from afar. JHE’s … continue reading →
A new exhibit at Italy’s state-run National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) in Ferrara uses archival photographs, documents, and correspondence to “rethink” Italy’s Jewish heritage and show how it is an integral part of the country’s landscape … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the international conference Parallel Paths, Shared Past: Jewish History and Genealogy in Central Europe, to be held May 4-6, 2026 at CEU’s Vienna Campus: Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Wien, Austria. Deadline … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Johannes Reiss, former longtime director of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt, who has received a lifetime achievement award from Austria’s Burgenland region. Reiss was awarded the Simon-Goldberger Prize for memory and memorial culture, commemorative category “for … continue reading →
