EU funding has been conditionally approved for a new cross border project aimed at promoting tourism to Europe’s historic Jewish quarters. The project comes under the Interreg programs, as did an earlier cross border project, Rediscover, that also promoted the … continue reading →
Every year, we post roundups of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives that take place in various European countries. It is so important to emphasize these efforts, as they are largely overlooked – while occasional vandalism grabs headlines. … continue reading →
At the beginning of May, we published a first round-up for 2023 of some of the many Jewish cemetery clean-up initiatives taking place this spring and summer in various European countries. Here’s a second Round-up listing more than 70 actions … 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 →
A former synagogue in Nijmegen that had served for decades as a Natural History Museum has now become an upscale sports center. The red brick New Synagogue on residential Gerard Noodtstraat was designed by the architect Oscar Leeuw (1866-1944) in … continue reading →
