(JHE) -- UNESCO, the UN's cultural body, has added the Jewish heritage of the so-called 'ShUM cities' -- Speyer, Mainz, and Worms -- to its list of World Heritage sites. The three cities, all near each other on the Rhine| Jewish Heritage Europe
On her recent Jewish heritage trip in Romania, JHE's Ruth Ellen Gruber came across two rare examples of matzevot made of wood -- one in the Jewish cemetery in Botosani, and the other in the 'New' Jewish cemetery in Dorohoi.| Jewish Heritage Europe
An concert by the klezmer and jewish music greats Jake Shulman-Ment, Jeremiah Lockwood and Francesca Ter-Berg to mark the 125th anniversary of the Synagogue Mare's dedication. Jake Shulman-Ment 'is considered one of the best klezmer fiddlers on the planet,' according| Jewish Heritage Europe
A multimedia exhibition by the artist, architect and historian Natalia Romik dedicated to the creativity of Polish Jews seeking to survive the Shoah in hiding. In Poland and Ukraine during World War II, approximately 50,000 people survived persecution by the| Jewish Heritage Europe
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Romania: procede il meticoloso restauro della storica sinagoga Cetate (Cittadella) di Timișoara 2 agosto 2024 Il restauro degli interni della sinagoga Cetate di Timișoara sta| Jewish Heritage Europe
By now, it is fairly common -- at least in Poland, but also elsewhere -- to use the recovered fragments of gravestones from destroyed Jewish cemeteries to create Holocaust memorials. (We wrote about the recovery of gravestones and fragments in| Jewish Heritage Europe
Month: July 2024 | Jewish Heritage Europe
This season's excavations at the site of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius revealed remains of the polychrome decorated floor and walls of the main prayer hall, huge collapsed columns, and other evidence of 'the intensity of the destruction of the| Jewish Heritage Europe
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Romania: in corso il restauro della sinagoga di Seini, che diverrà un museo ebraico e spazio culturale 11 luglio 2024 Il restauro dell'ex sinagoga di| Jewish Heritage Europe
(JHE) -- The restoration of the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania, is now under way. As we posted last year, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania,| Jewish Heritage Europe
(JHE) -- A new Holocaust memorial in Poland by the artist Janusz Marciniak is a subtle combination of land art and commemoration. Dedicated with a ceremony last week, it is located at the site of the destroyed Jewish cemetery in| Jewish Heritage Europe
