Today — Monday, May 18 — is the annual International Museum Day. The Day has been organized since 1977 by the International Council of Museums to raise awareness about the fact that “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, … continue reading →
“Corona” means “crown” — and the coronaviruses, such as the vicious one causing the current Covid-19 disease pandemic, get their name because of the crown-like spikes on their surface. (Or, because scientists thought they resembled the corona of the sun … continue reading →
The January JHE Newsletter is out. This month news, views, and insights from France, the UK, Hungary, Poland, Ireland, The Netherlands — as well as new publications and calls for papers and grant applications. Check it out … continue reading →
In 2017 we wrote how Ireland’s oldest Jewish cemetery, the 300-year-old Ballybough Jewish cemetery in the Fairview section of northeast Dublin, had been handed over to the Dublin City Council for care, management, maintenance, and restoration. The website The … continue reading →
Belfast’s sprawling and monumental City Cemetery, which includes a historic Jewish section, is undergoing a multi-million pound restoration and development to make it accessible — and attractive — to tourists. It will have an information, interpretive, and welcome center, … continue reading →
