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JHE Photo Essay: Shavuot 2024 — Images of the 10 Commandments to Mark the Holiday

10 commandments in the synagogue, Goteborg (Gothenburg) Sweden

(JHE) — The festival of Shavuot, which begins Tuesday night, marks the reception of the Torah — and Ten Commandments — at Mt. Sinai. Jews traditionally go to synagogue on Shavuot to hear the Ten Commandments read out: 1. I am … continue reading →

New “Long(er) Read” essay by Dr. Heidi M. Szpek: The Memorial Pillar to the 1906 Pogrom in the Bagnowka Jewish Cemetery, Białystok, Poland

The restored memorial pillar commemorating the 1906 pogrom and 1905 massacres

New long(er) read essay, by Dr. Heidi M. Szpek!  One of the most prominent features in the Bagnowka Jewish cemetery in Bialystok, Poland is a massive black granite pillar commemorating the scores of victims of  the bloody pogrom that took … continue reading →