(JHE) — After a gradual, €12.6 million renovation process carried out over the three decades since the fall of communism, the former New Synagogue in Görlitz, in eastern Germany on the border with Poland, has reopened as a cultural center, … continue reading →
(JHE) — Several disturbing incidents of vandalism at Jewish heritage sites, including cemeteries, grabbed headlines in recent weeks. But — as usual –there was almost no media coverage of the many more efforts at preservation and restoration. We try to … continue reading →
The JHE monthly newsletter for April is out! Spring has arrived (well, in the northern hemisphere) — and with it, an increasing roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines, which has us looking forward to the easing of restrictions and gradual return to travel … continue reading →
The ShUM Cities project linking the important medieval Jewish heritage of the German cities of Worms, Speyer, and Mainz has launched a first-time international artist-in-residence program, supported by the state and the three cities. Up to three project grants will … continue reading →
Yom HaShoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust, is marked this year today, April 8…. It’s become almost a tradition for JHE to mark the day by posting images of Holocaust memorials that name … continue reading →
