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Painted Prayers exhibition – synagogue murals in Ukrainian Bukovina

University and City Library Cologne Universitätsstraße 33,, Cologne

The exhibition “Painted Prayers” presents the murals in synagogues of the Ukrainian Bukovina and addresses the threat and destruction of cultural assets by the war. It also documents German-Ukrainian cooperation in the preservation of Jewish cultural heritage in Ukraine. There ... continue reading →

The Shtetl: Myth and Reality

Online

In this online lecture -- part of a series celebrating YIVO's  the 101st anniversary -- YIVO Visiting Research Historian Samuel Kassow will explore the “real shtetl” and the “imagined shtetl,” which both formed an integral part of Eastern European Jewish ... continue reading →