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Call for Papers: Conference “Urban Spaces of Lviv/Lwów/Lemberg: Imagination, Experiences, Practices”

  We forward this call for papers for the 12th International Conference “Lviv: City – Society – Culture” which will be held at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the Center for Urban History, May 29-31, 2014. The conference, dedicated to Lviv’s … continue reading →

“Shtetl routes” under development in Poland-Belarus-Ukraine borderland

View Larger Map   An ambitious, international “Shtetl Routes” tourism itinerary through a score or more of towns in the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine border region is under development with a more than €400,000 grant from the European Union’s Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine … continue reading →

New digital uploads of old synagogue postcards from the Rosenthall collection

  The Low Country Digital Library at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, has uploaded 430 postcards of central and eastern European synagogues from the Rabbi William A. Rosenthall Collection of Judaica, which is held at the College. Rosenthall was the rabbi at … continue reading →

“Visions of the Holy Land” in northern Romanian synagogues

The current issue of the online Jewish studies journal Quest includes a detailed article by Ilia Rodov on the paintings of Jerusalem and elsewhere in the Holy Land dating from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century that are found in the richly … continue reading →

Happy 2014! (and beyond)

  Happy 2014 (and, of course, beyond…) from Jewish Heritage Europe! Thanks for your involvement, interest and support! If you haven’t already done so — please subscribe to our news feed to get our regular posts delivered to your inbox. … continue reading →