Jewish Heritage Europe

Ukraine update: New video shows dramatic progress at Ostroh’s Great Maharsha Synagogue; restoration of interior columns

We’ve been following with great interest the progress of the restoration of the Great Maharsha Synagogue in Ostroh, Ukraine. This new video, showing the restoration of the capitals of the columns, is, well, thrilling — given the state of the … continue reading →

Round-up: Summer time is Jewish cemetery clean-up time

Jewish cemetery, Holesov, CZ

So many Jewish cemetery/Jewish heritage volunteer clean-up operations take place each spring and summer that it’s hard to keep track. Here are just a few that have caught our eye — some that have taken place, some that are under … continue reading →

July JHE Newsletter is out — take a look (and subscribe!)

Our July JHE Newsletter is out — news, views, and insights from Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Ukraine, Slovakia and more…. Click here to access it online It’s a “summer travel” issue — so we highlight several travel-related reports, including … continue reading →

Ukraine: Dozens of matzevot rescued from under L’viv street; had been used as paving

Volunteers from the L’viv Volunteer Center (LVC) of the Hesed Arieh All-Ukrainian Jewish Charitable Foundation have been working this week to remove dozens of Jewish headstones that were found to be paving Barvinok street in downtown L’viv. “The whole street … continue reading →

Valuable new Center for Jewish Art resources

Our friends and colleagues at the Center for Jewish Art at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have had an eventful past year, which (among other things) has included the launch of the  Historic Synagogues of Europe web site, the publication of … continue reading →