An award-winning citizens’ association hopes to purchase the decaying, half-timbered former synagogue and adjacent mikvah building in the village of Harmuthsachsen, in north central Germany, and make them accessible to the public for commemoration, educational work and guided tours. “There is a … continue reading →
Mazel tov to the literary scholar, historian and educator Carmen Reichert who will take over as director of the Augsburg Swabia Jewish Museum on May 1, 2022! Reichert, 36, will replace Barbara Staudinger, who will become the next director of … continue reading →
The German photographer Peter Seidel’s touring exhibit of his photographs of mikvaot — ritual baths — is on show in Friedberg, the town near Frankfurt am Main where Europe’s largest known mikvah, dating from the 13th century, is located. Called … continue reading →
This week marks the 83rd anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — the night of November 9-10, 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 →
Did you miss something on JHE this past month? Catch up with our Newsletter — the October issue is now out. News, views, and insights from Ukraine, France, Turkey, Slovakia, Austria, Poland, the UK, Russia, Germany and more — plus a photo essay, … continue reading →
