Jewish Heritage Europe

Lithuania: In 2019-2021 Maceva Litvak Cemetery catalog translated 3,125 epitaphs in several Jewish cemeteries, including Lithuania’s largest surviving Jewish cemetery, in Kaunas (where a matzevah-carver left his phone number…)

(JHE) — Maceva, the Litvak Cemetery Catalogue, has made available photos and translations of gravestones from more than half of Lithuania’s largest surviving Jewish cemetery, the Žaliakalnis Jewish cemetery in Kaunas. The documentation of seven out of of the 12 … continue reading →

JHE Year in Review: Check out our most popular posts of 2021 — an amazing variety of topics and geographical locations

As we close out a second year marked by the pandemic and more forward into 2022, we look back at the most popular news, views, and insights we have posted on Jewish Heritage Europe over the past 12 months. The … continue reading →

The JHE monthly newsletter for November is out!

  Did you miss something on JHE this past month? Catch up with our Newsletter — the November — Hanukkah — issue is now out. News, views, and insights from Ukraine, France,  Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, Italy, UK, Portugal, Turkey and more … continue reading →

Lithuania Update: Restoration of the Wooden Synagogues in Kurkliai and Alanta has been completed

Restoration work on the small wooden synagogues in the towns of Alanta and Kurkliai has been completed, and both buildings will be used for cultural purposes. The Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture announced the completion of work … continue reading →

Kristallnacht anniversary 2021: countering memories of destruction with images of wonderful surviving — and restored — synagogues

We’ve made it a JHE tradition. Last night — night of November 9-10 — marked the  83st anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and … continue reading →