This exhibition is an opportunity to (re) discover the objects and places of Jewish life through photographs from more than 50 years of study of the general inventory. They show majestic witnesses of exceptional architecture as well as quality goldsmithery ... continue reading →
Adapting to Change: The Artwork of Beverley-Jane Stewart The British artist Beverley-Jane Stewart focuses on synagogues as a starting point to trace the changes in the lives of the people around them. In this major retrospective, the Manchester Jewish Museum ... continue reading →
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 →
Daylong events celebrating the reopening of the synagogue in Metz after two years of restoration work. There will be guided tours, a concert, lecture, etc. The event falls within the European Days of Jewish Culture. See the program:
This conference builds upon a long-standing tradition of International Sessions on the Issue of Sepulchral Monuments, aiming to expand both the thematic and methodological scope of the discussion. This year’s theme is Cemeteries as Part of the Landscape Through the ... 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 →
If you're in Belgium, sign up to help clean the Jewish cemetery in Kraainem. Work will be followed by brunch! The initiative is organized by the Belgian Union of Jewish Students. Click here to sign up
A conference titled Matera e la Basilicata Ebraica - radici, memorie, futuro (Jewish Matera and Basilicata - roots, memories, future) held on the occasion of the launch of a formal Jewish communal branch in Matera. Talks (in Italian) mainly ... continue reading →
A book talk on zoom with David Kaufman, about his new book of photographs of Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage sites in Central and Eastern Europe, The Posthumous Landscape:Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe. Kaufman is one of ... 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 →
Le quartier juif médiéval de Rouen. Une relecture archéologique Lecture -- in French -- about archaeology in the medieval Jewish quarter of Rouen, France. Talk by Manon Banoun of the Sorbonne university.
International conference on rural Judaism. Click here to see the program It will take place at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend, Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1 PA-Gebäude (Sunday) und Casino-Gebäude (Monday/Tuesday)
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 →