We’d like to note three recently published books that will be of interest to our readers. They deal with synagogue architecture in Central Europe and the Islamic World, and with the history of the Ghetto: — Synagogues in the Islamic … continue reading →
The blog of the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt has published new documentation of 67 gravestones from the Jewish cemetery in Rijeka, on the Istrian peninsula in northwest Croatia. The Jewish cemetery was laid out in 1875 as part of … continue reading →
The August-September Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out. The themes include volunteerism, new Jewish museums, Jewish culture days — and more. It features news and info from Ukraine, Poland, England, Scotland, Belarus, Slovakia, Malta, Czech Republic, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Romania, … continue reading →
Zagreb has a new Jewish Museum, opened on September 4 — the European Day of Jewish Culture. The museum, curated by Mira Wolf, displays ritual objects, textiles, documents and other material related to the 210-year history the Jewish community … continue reading →
Sergey Kravtsov, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Jewish Art in Jerusalem, has written a thoughtful op-ed on the value and preservation of Jewish religious heritage in Europe, published on the excellent “Future of Religious Heritage” web site. Born … continue reading →
