Summertime is here, and even if you can’t make long vacation trips, there’s lots of opportunities for Jewish heritage travel on a local (or regional) level. Here’s a list of some of the Jewish heritage tours & events planned for … continue reading →
Archaeologists have recently uncovered the foundations of the domed synagogue in Leer, Germany, which was destroyed on Kristallnacht, 1938. The excavations took place in early June, ahead of the beginning of construction on the site of a commercial and residential … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario settimanale in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa. Buona lettura! Ungheria: è venuto a mancare András Gyekiczki, impegnato per anni nella preservazione della memoria e del patrimonio ebraico 15 luglio … continue reading →
Tadeusz Kuźmiński, an entrepreneur who rebuilt a wooden synagogue and created a “living shtetl skansen” without Jews in southeast Poland, has died after a long illness. He was 65. Kuźmiński, who died Saturday, was a businessman and local philanthropist in … continue reading →
The Hungarian sociologist and lawyer András Gyekiczki, who worked to preserve Jewish memory and heritage, has died. Gyekiczki, who died of cancer July 14, spent years researching the forgotten stories of the Jewish families of Pápa, in western Hungary, where … continue reading →
