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Call for Entries: Centropa/ESJF Jewish Cemeteries Youth Digital Storytelling Competition

Photographing in the Jewish cemetery, Biala, Poland

We are pleased to share this Call for Entries in the Youth Digital Storytelling Competition from the Centropa/ESJF project to incorporate Jewish cemeteries into education Deadline for submissions in March 25, 2021 Students from the Centropa/ESJF project countries — Lithuania, … continue reading →

The JHE New Years Newsletter is out!

Zodiac on the ceiling of the disused synagogue in Siret, Romania (2006)

The New Years edition of the Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out! Looking forward to 2021, we look back at our most-shared posts from 2020 and also provide a summary of the news, views, and insights we published over the … continue reading →

Lithuania: Archaeologists uncover part of destroyed, pre-WW2 shulhoyf in Pakruojis (that was anchored by the surviving, and recently restored wooden synagogue)

(JHE) — Archaeologists in recent months discovered elements of the destroyed pre-World War II synagogue complex in Pakruojis, Lithuania, that once had three synagogues anchored by the surviving wooden synagogue (the so-called summer synagogue), which was recently fully restored. At … continue reading →