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Slovakia update: Hopes of renewed momentum as a building permit for the reconstruction of the synagogue in Bytča is granted

Facade of the synagogue in Bytca, 2022

The slow process of restoring the synagogue building in Bytča, Slovakia and creating there a multifunctional arts and cultural center has gotten a boost with the recent granting of a building permit by the city and involvement of a key … continue reading →

Call for applications: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Professional Development grants for Europe-based professional working with Jewish heritage within an institution

Conference on Urban Jewish Cemeteries, Alba Iulia, Romania, October 2024

Are you a Europe-based professional working with Jewish heritage within an institution? Do you want to attend a conference, seminar or specialist training course that would help you with your work? Improve your working knowledge of Hebrew or any other … continue reading →

Poland: POLIN awards 2024, presented by the POLIN Museum in Warsaw – Mazel tov to winners Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka and Paweł Sawicki, and to the Honorable Mentions and Special Awards grantees.

Mazel tov to Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka and Paweł Sawicki, who have won the 2024 POLIN award, granted annually by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw to people “actively working to protect the memory of the history … continue reading →

Call for submissions: Attention young scholars — Leo Baeck Institute invites submissions for its 2026 Year Book Essay Prize

The dome of the Oranienburgerstrasse synagogue is a Berlin landmark

Attention young scholars! We are pleased to share this Call for Submissions by the Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of the History and Culture of German-speaking Jewry (LBI)  for its 2026 Year Book Essay Prize. The competition is open … continue reading →

Poland: In Oświęcim, the Bunker of Memory commemorative project in the Jewish cemetery is completed — watch the video

Detail of the Bunker of Memory showing informational signage Photo: Oshpitzin Museum

The Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, has completed another element in its complex of memorial sites in the city — transforming a Nazi bunker in the Jewish … continue reading →