We are pleased to share this Call for Applications from Staffordshire University’s Centre of Archaeology, which seeks to recruit two fixed term Researchers for three months specialising in Holocaust studies. Deadline for applications is November 28, 2023 Reporting to Professor … continue reading →
We’re in the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, whose Zodiac sign is Akrav — Scorpio — the Scorpion. Here are some examples of how it is depicted in some of the Zodiacs found in European synagogues (and a library). ShareTweetSharePin4
Mazel tov to Jacek Stawiski, who has been named the new Director of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. Stawiski, a prominent journalist and also researcher in Polish-Jewish history and relations, will take up his post November 1. He replaces … continue reading →
The JHE monthly Newsletter — Holidays Edition — is out. Catch up with what you may have missed over the past few weeks. News, views, and insights from Poland, Slovenia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Italy, Ukraine, Moldova, the … continue reading →
In 2020, we were privileged to host an online exhibition of work by the Warsaw-based papercut artist Monika Krajewska. The pieces were drawn from her extraordinary cycle of papercuts called “Burning,” a commemoration of the physical destruction of the Shoah. … continue reading →
