The Ecomuseum of Alsace in Ungersheim — the largest open-air village museum (skansen) in France — has opened a new exhibit: a “Jewish house” aimed to evoke typical Jewish daily life in an Alsatian village in the years between World War … continue reading →
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the National Institute of Cultural Heritage are in the process of unveiling markers with QR codes at five Jewish cemeteries in Poland. So far, dedication ceremonies have been held at Jewish … continue reading →
(JHE) — Simchat Torah — Rejoicing in the Torah, the Jewish festival that celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings (and beginning of the new cycle), begins this week at sundown on Tuesday and ends at nightfall on … continue reading →
The new Regional Museum in the small town of Susz, in northern Poland, has opened in the renovated, red brick former synagogue. The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place September 24. The project was undertaken by the local Galea Historical and Research … continue reading →
(JHE) — A full-scale replica of one of the hundreds of East European wooden synagogues destroyed during WW2 has been installed at Poland’s largest open-air ethnographic museum, or skansen. The replica of the synagogue of Połaniec now forms part of a … continue reading →
