Jewish Heritage Europe

JHE Photo Essay: Trees and Fruit in Jewish decorative art, for Tu B’Shevat 2022

Monday marks Tu B’Shevat — the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which is known as “the New Year for Trees.” It is the time of year when the earliest-blooming trees in the land of Israel start to flower.  It is the … continue reading →

Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups: Special Winter Round-up edition

Between May and October  2021, we published four Jewish cemetery clean-up round-ups, in which we listed around 270 initiatives in 18 countries and more than 150 towns, cities, and villages. In these round-ups, we showed how hundreds of volunteers and others … 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 →

Call for Submissions: FestivALT arts and activism festival, Krakow, June 24-July 3, 2022

FestivALT, the Jewish arts and activism program that has taken place in Krakow since 2017, has issued an open call for artists to submit projects. You still have a few weeks to apply — the deadline is January 16. The … continue reading →