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Germany: Mapping Memories — a 2-week festival at Frankfurt’s Judengasse — is under way

 “Mapping Memories: Judengasse Extended,” a two-week festival April 13-30, focuses on the history of the Judengasse, the medieval Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt, and what it describes as the way its traces were “violently suppressed”  from public space. Centerpiece is a … continue reading →

Netherlands: After standing empty for years, and before that used for decades as a museum, a former synagogue in Nijmegen has become an upscale sports hall

A former synagogue in Nijmegen that had served for decades as a Natural History Museum has now become an upscale sports center. The red brick New Synagogue on residential Gerard Noodtstraat was designed by the architect Oscar Leeuw (1866-1944) in … continue reading →

Poland: Ryszard Bielawski, prolific Jewish heritage YouTuber, dies at 92

Ryszard Bielawski, a Polish zoologist who had a passion for creating YouTube videos of Jewish cemeteries and other Jewish heritage sites, has died at the age of 92. Bielawski, who has been described as  “probably the first and oldest YouTuber … continue reading →

Call for Applications: Fellowships at the new Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study inHerit. Heritage in Transformation, at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

  The new Käte Hamburger Centre for Advanced Study inHerit. Heritage in Transformation, based at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, has put out a call inviting applications from both experienced and early career post-doc researchers for fellowships to begin in 2024.   It also welcomes applications from artists, film-makers and curators. The … continue reading →