“I beni culturali ebraici in Emilia-Romagna tra presente e futuro“ -- Jewish cultural heritage in Emilia-Romagna between present and future. A conference open to the public, organized by the Bologna Jewish Museum.
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 →
The online launch of the Winter 2026 edition of Jewish Renaissance magazine is a webinar about the history of Jewish life in the City of London's s0-called Jewish Square Mile, including the medieval Jewish cemetery under the Barbican development. as ... continue reading →
The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland organization presents its second annual Distinguished Service Awards to: Piotr Puchta, former CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) and Natalia Romik -- archirect, scholar, activist, museum ... continue reading →
CEU Prof. Carsten Wilke is the keynote speaker at a webinar launching the Thrive website and project, which focuses on intangible Jewish heritage. The webinar will explore the concept of intangible heritage and introduce a new digital space where everyone ... continue reading →
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 →
