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 →
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 →
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 are pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference scheduled to take place in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in April 2024. Expanding of the Boundaries: Jewish Artistic Heritage of Ukraine April 9–10, 2024, Kharkiv, Ukraine Organizer: Ukrainian Association for Jewish … continue reading →
Volunteers have been working this week — with hand tools and and with heavy machinery — to recover some 100 or so matzevot from the destroyed Jewish cemetery in Sokal, near L’viv, and bring them for safekeeping to the town’s … continue reading →
