We are happy to forward this call for applications for the Max Weinreich Center Research Fellowships, 2014-2015 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS DECEMBER 1, 2013 — SEE MORE INFO HERE Each year, YIVO awards a series of Max Weinreich Center Research … continue reading →
Just four months after celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the orthodox synagogue in Miskolc, Hungary, threats to the building’s structural integrity due to the subsidence of the foundation have forced closure of the building. Today, October 6, was the … continue reading →
E. Randol Schoenberg, Acting Executive Director of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, has written a detailed blog post about the rededication ceremony October 5 of the little rural synagogue in Čkyně, a small town in southern Czech Republic where … continue reading →
This brief documentary describes the work of the Jewish Galicia and Bukovina Association (and its Ludmir Fellowship) in researching and documenting Jewish history, heritage and culture in Bukovina and Galicia, in western Ukraine. The second part of the film shows … continue reading →
Good news from Poland. The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) reports that the restoration of the roof of the 18th century synagogue in Przysucha was completed in September — a major step in the preservation … continue reading →
