The night of November 9-10 marks the 85th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … continue reading →
The restoration of the Moorish-style 19th century synagogue in Žatec, a small town 80 km northwest of Prague, is up for a second heritage award this year that you can vote for online — the “Public Award” of the annual Building of … continue reading →
The JHE monthly Newsletter — Holidays Edition — is out. Catch up with what you may have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Poland, Slovenia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Italy, Ukraine, Moldova, the … continue reading →
In 2019 we posted that the municipality of Jirkov, in northwest Czech Republic near the border with Germany, had purchased the town’s dilapidated former synagogue in 2016, intending to restore it and its grounds as a social and cultural center. … continue reading →
Every year, we post roundups of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives that take place in various European countries. It is so important to emphasize these efforts, as they are largely overlooked – while occasional vandalism grabs headlines. … continue reading →
