Marla Raucher Osborn writes that you are fortunate if you trace your family roots to Ulanów, a little town in southeastern Poland between Zamosc and Rzeszow, because a local man, an avid collector and local historian named Janusz Dąbek, … continue reading →
Five gravestones in the historic Jewish cemetery in Hohenems, in Austria’s far-western Voralberg Region, have been vandalized, but it was apparently the work of drunken revelers attending a festival Sunday night held in a tent a few hundred meters away, … continue reading →
The First International Conference on Jewish Heritage in Portugal: Science, Culture, Knowledge will take place in Tomar, Portugal on November 18-20, 2012 Here is the call for papers: The AAST, Association of the Friends of the Synagogue of Tomar, … continue reading →
The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … continue reading →
Los Angeles native Marla Raucher Osborn has been researching her family history in Rohatyn, now in western Ukraine, for a number of years. She made her first visit there in 2008 and returned almost a dozen times in 2011 while … continue reading →
