Mazel tov to Lesley Weiss, the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, who was presented with the U.S. annual Jewish Heritage Celebration’s Jewish Heritage Appreciation Award. U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) presented the … continue reading →
We are happy to post this Call for Papers for a conference that sounds fascinating: Digital Memories, Digital Methods: Transcultural Memory in Europe Beyond Web 2.0 Budapest, 29-30 September 2014 Digital technologies not only have a profound impact on the … continue reading →
The Hungarian Photography Museum in Kecskemet, south of Budapest, is hosting the exhibit “Used Stones,” by the young Hungarian photographer Bernadett Anna Alpern. Her photographs document synagogues in several countries that have been transformed into other use, ranging from a … continue reading →
Good news — it looks as if the grand New Synagogue in Gyöngyös, Hungary — used since the 1990s as a furniture store — may be transformed this year into a cultural and exhibition center. According to Nepszabadsag (summarized in English … continue reading →
JHE coordinator Ruth Ellen Gruber has written an article in Tablet Magazine about the debate surrounding plans for a controversial new government-sponsored Holocaust memorial museum slated to be opened in April in a long-disused train station. She writes about “the powerful … continue reading →
