The Slovak Jewish activist Jozef Klement, who spearheaded key Jewish heritage and commemorative projects in the towns of Zvolen, Banská Bystrica and elsewhere, passed away on New Year’s Day, aged 70. Klement, a successful businessman, in 1998 spearheaded the restoration … 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 →
The night of November 9-10 marks the 85th anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht pogrom — Reichspogromnacht — in 1938, when the Nazis launched coordinated violent attacks on Jews, Jewish property and Jewish places of worship all over Germany and German-occupied … 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 →
We have a new JHE video on our YouTube channel! This one explores the imagery of the Weeping Willow in commemoration and on gravestones. With its drooping branches symbolizing grief, the Weeping Willow has been a common motif on … continue reading →
