A temporary exhibit at Italy’s 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 and ... continue reading →
The latest exhibition of photos by Christian Herrmann. The opening will take place at 6:30 p.m. on November 8. Christian will be presenting his photos and talking about them, and Christoph Wehr will be reading from the novel ... continue reading →
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 exhibition is dedicated to the -- destroyed -- monumental synagogues built mostly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, in a variety of styles ranging from Neo-Gothic to Moorish. The exhibition draws attention to the scale of destruction of ... continue reading →
A current exhibition at the Swedish Jewish Museum tells the story of its premises — Stockholm’s oldest preserved synagogue building.
Heritage and Civil Society: Grassroots Memory Practices and Fragile Legacies The conference is an open-format two-day event exploring how heritage can be documented, reimagined, and cared for in fragile, forgotten, or hard-to-access contexts. The program will feature grassroots and independent ... continue reading →
“Developing the Virtual Belarusian Jewish Museum: Project Concept and Pilot of the Digital Collection (Work in Progress)” Special event within the Heritage and Civil Society conference. A dedicated session by the Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center and partners about the Virtual ... continue reading →
This should be a terrific webinar! The Szeged New Synagogue through Archival Sources: Community, Memory, and Continuity Dóra Pataricza, Jewish Theological Seminary – University of Jewish Studies, Hungary Click to Join: https://biu-ac-il.zoom.us/j/85321026568 The grandiose, domed Szeged New Synagogue, inaugurated in ... continue reading →
“Synagogues of Middle Europe” - an exhibition by Pittsburgh-based photographer David Aschkenas featuring photos of synagogues in several European countries. There will be an opening reception January 12 at 6 pm. Click here to register
A round-table that will start the celebrations of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish Museum in Prague. Pavla Niklová (director of the Jewish Museum in Prague), Joanna Fikus (head of the exhibition department of the Polin Museum ... continue reading →
