Jewish Heritage Europe

Important New Resource on European Synagogues Launched

  ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]      An important new resource on European synagogues is now online. It’s a web site — historicsynagogueseurope.org — that includes an interactive survey map of more than 3,000 synagogues in 48 countries, with … continue reading →

Munich’s powerful (& innovative) new memorial to the 1972 Olympics massacre

  On JHE we don’t usually post about commemorative memorials per se, but we thought we would take a little time to describe the powerful, and innovative, new memorial in Munich that was dedicated in September, marking the 45th anniversary … continue reading →

Greece: See photos of destruction of Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery

  We posted recently about the rediscovery of fragments of Jewish gravestones in Thessaloniki, Greece — historic Salonika — whose vast Jewish cemetery was destroyed before, during, and after World War II, and whose headstones were used for construction. Fifty thousand … continue reading →

Poland: awards for preserving Jewish heritage

    At a ceremony May 15 at the POLIN museum in Warsaw, the Israeli Ambassador to Poland, Anna Azari, will present the annual “Laurel Crown Award” to five Polish citizens/groups involved in the preservation of Jewish memory and heritage in … continue reading →