We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Fellowship Program, to be researchers in residence during the summer of 2026 at the National Library of Israel. Deadline for applications is June 30, 2025. … continue reading →
Historic England has listed the Brighton and Hove synagogue, built in the 1960s and noted for its stunning array of Holocaust memorial stained glass windows, as a Grade II historic building. Announced April 2, the listing cites both the historic … continue reading →
Today is Yom haShoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. We remember the names. We must never forget that each of the vast number of people who were murdered was an individual — a … continue reading →
We have posted a number of times about the extraordinary discoveries archaeologists have made over the past few years at the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania. Now the 2023 documentary film about the excavations and discoveries … continue reading →
In addition to its “inside” exhibits, the Jewish Museum in Budapest has mounted an exhibition of centuries-old Jewish gravestones that date from the middle ages and the period of Ottoman rule in the Buda district, near the castle (1541-1686). It … continue reading →
