Jewish Heritage Europe

Monday is World Art Nouveau Day — we highlight a few examples of art nouveau embodied in Jewish built heritage

Tomb of the Schmidl family, Kozma utca Jewish cemetery, Budapest May 2019

This  Monday, June 10,  marks World Art Nouveau Day, an occasion launched in 2013 to appreciate the architectural and decorative style that utilised sinuous curves and often floral or or vegetal motifs and flourished mainly from around 1890 up until … continue reading →

JHE Newsletter — Spring edition. Catch up with what you might have missed

Spring flowers in the Jewish cemetery in Velká Bukovina, CZ

Our monthly Newsletter – Spring edition — is out today. Catch up with what you might have missed. News, views, and insights from Poland, Romania the UK, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, and more… plus our first 2024 … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups — Our first round-up of initiatives for 2024. More than 40 actions from 13 countries

A worker at the Kozma utca Jewish cemetery, Budapest

Every year on Jewish Heritage Europe, we post round-ups of initiatives and projects aimed at restoring and cleaning up Jewish cemeteries all over Europe. We feel it so important to highlight these initiatives, which are often overlooked or ignored. Most … continue reading →

Hungary: Three-day festival this weekend closes exhibition celebrating the 150th birthday of noted Hungarian Jewish architect Béla Lajta

If you are in Budapest, don’t miss the closing days of an exhibition that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Jewish architect Béla Lajta.  The exhibit, which has run since December 20 at the Kiscelli Museum, … continue reading →

The JHE March Newsletter is out – Catch up on what you might have missed

Detail of an early 18th century Esther Scroll, or Megillah, in the Museum of Jewish Padova

The JHE Monthly Newsletter for March is out today. Catch up with what you might have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus, the UK, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, and more … continue reading →