The winners of the International Youth Competition on Local Jewish Cemeteries have been announced. They include 15 projects from six countries: Five from Ukraine, four from Hungary, two each from Georgia and Moldova, and one each from Slovakia and Lithuania. … continue reading →
The JHE monthly Newsletter for May is out — catch up with what you may have missed over the past few weeks. In this edition, info from Lithuania, Italy, the UK, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, and more. There … continue reading →
The U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad has taken on as a project the restoration of the women’s gallery in the wooden synagogue in Žiežmariai, Lithuania and pledged to raise $75,000 toward the work. The synagogue underwent a … continue reading →
Markas Zingeris, an award-winning author, poet, and longtime former director of the Vilna Gaon Jewish History Museum, has died at the age of 76. Zingeris, who headed the Vilna Gaon Museum from 2005 to 2019, passed away on April 20 … continue reading →
The former Great Synagogue in Kupiškis, long used as a public library, has been reopened after six years of renovation and reconstruction work that brought back its original appearance. The building was formally opened in March, at a ceremony attended by … continue reading →
