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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 →

Hungary-Romania: The photo archive of Lajos Erdélyi, who pioneered documentation of Jewish cemeteries in Romania, is uploaded online by the Hungarian Jewish Museum

Cemetery book by Lajos Erdélyi

The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (Milev) has recently uploaded a fascinating new resource — the photographic archives of  Lajos Erdélyi, a Holocaust survivor from Transylvania who as a journalist and photographer was a pioneer in the post-Holocaust documentation of … continue reading →

JHE Photo Essay: On International Women’s Day, we remember women who themselves are remembered on their gravestones with their portraits

Portraits in the New Jewish cemetery of Sharhorod, Ukraine

Today, March 8, is marked around the world as International Women’s Day. In past years, we have marked the day with photo essays showing how women have been represented in Jewish art (click HERE for 2019 and HERE for 2018) … continue reading →

The JHE Monthly Newsletter for February is out — catch up with what you might have missed

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