Though thousands of Jewish heritage sites — synagogues, cemeteries, mikvaot, former ghetto areas, etc — still stand, in one form or another, many, many Jewish places have been razed, forgotten or erased from memory. Many synagogue buildings have been … continue reading →
The precious Sarajevo Haggadah will stay in Bosnia — at least for the foreseeable future — despite an offer from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to display it on long-term loan Jakov Finci, the president of the Bosnian … continue reading →
At least four big Jewish culture festivals are on in Europe this week and next — in Warsaw; Budapest; Pula, Croatia, and Italy’s Puglia (Apulia) region — ahead and after the “really big” one — the European Day of … continue reading →
The Media for Social Jewish organization is organizing a trip this summer for volunteers to help clean up the historic Old Sephardi Jewish cemetery in Sarajevo. Founded in 1630, the cemetery today includes about 3,800 grave and lies on … continue reading →
