Jewish Heritage Europe

Call for Submissions: FestivALT arts and activism festival, Krakow, June 24-July 3, 2022

FestivALT, the Jewish arts and activism program that has taken place in Krakow since 2017, has issued an open call for artists to submit projects. You still have a few weeks to apply — the deadline is January 16. The … continue reading →

CZ: Grant to restore the matzevot in the centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Polná

The Czech-German Fund for the Future has allocated 450,000 Czech crowns (approx €18,000) for rescue and restoration work at one of the oldest and most important Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic, the Jewish cemetery in Polná. The walled cemetery, … continue reading →

UK: Explore! New interactive Jewish heritage trails in and around Cardiff, Wales

We’ve highlighted a number of virtual tours and other online Jewish heritage resources since the beginning of the pandemic, and with new lockdowns and restrictions that will most likely keep people pretty much at home this winter, we’ll be highlighting … continue reading →

Kristallnacht anniversary 2021: countering memories of destruction with images of wonderful surviving — and restored — synagogues

We’ve made it a JHE tradition. Last night — night of November 9-10 — marked the  83st anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and … continue reading →

UK: A current exhibit and new online resource trace Manchester’s vanished Jewish spaces & places

A current exhibition and a new online resource trace the history and geography of Jewish life in Manchester, the UK’s second largest Jewish center, after London.  The exhibition is “Vanished Streets” — an exhibition running October 20-January 16 at the … continue reading →