Every so often we like to post about crowd-sourcing campaigns in aid of Jewish heritage. In Poland, the Olympic athlete Dariusz Popiela — the 2017 Polish champion in the canoe/kayak slalom and the silver medalist at the European … continue reading →
We are delighted to see that a book about Jewish built heritage — The Carved Wooden Torah Arks of Eastern Europe by Bracha Yaniv — was named one of the finalists in the National Jewish Book Awards. The winners … continue reading →
We are happy to share these Calls for Fellowship Applications: — JDC Archives Fellowships (in New York or Jerusalem) Deadline for submissions — January 21, 2018 (or Feb. 15 for documentary film grant) — GEOP Research Fellowships for … continue reading →
We have a new Have Your Say personal essay — this one by Grażyna Pawlak, who curated the new permanent exhibition on the life and achievements of Rabbi Meir Shapiro (sometime spelled Shapira), who founded the Yeshivat Chachmei … continue reading →
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Our Newsletter for December is out and can be viewed online. This month there’s news and insight from Poland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Bulgaria — and more. In addition there is the … continue reading →
