The Jewish holiday of Sukkoth, the “festival of booths,” starts tonight and lasts a week. It is both a harvest festival and a commemoration of the years Jews spent wandering in the desert in Biblical times. Jews traditionally build temporary … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Austria: mazel tov a Johannes Reiss, onorato dalla regione del Burgenland in Austria per la sua lunga attività presso il Museo Ebraico Austriaco e per … continue reading →
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Mazel tov to Johannes Reiss, former longtime director of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt, who has received a lifetime achievement award from Austria’s Burgenland region. Reiss was awarded the Simon-Goldberger Prize for memory and memorial culture, commemorative category “for … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Participants from the ESJF — for Professionals from Moldovan museums and the cultural heritage sector. A two-day seminar on preserving Jewish cemeteries and museum collections, organized by the ESJF together with the … continue reading →
