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Jewish Heritage Europe
Monday 18th May 2026

Call for Applications: the EU’s new Simone Veil Prize for Jewish cultural heritage initiatives. Deadline for applications is July 31.

Applications are open for the first edition of the Simone Veil Prize, a new, annual European cultural award for Jewish heritage initiatives, co-funded under the Creative Europe Programme (2021-2027) of the European Union. Deadline for applications is July 31. The ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Sunday 17th May 2026

Romania Update: Restoration work on the synagogue in Seini has been completed. It will become a a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, concert hall, and cultural space.

Restoration work on the synagogue building in Seini, in northwest Romania, has been completed. As we posted in 2023, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, concert hall, and ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Sunday 17th May 2026

JHE in italiano: sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Nuovo video della serie “New Challenging Conversations” sui musei ebraici, con Brigitte Sion, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett e Miriam Wenzel 14 maggio 2026 Nell’episodio finale della serie ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Thursday 14th May 2026

New Challenging Conversations video: Jewish Museums, discussed by Dr. Brigitte Sion, Prof. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, and Prof. Miriam Wenzel

In the final episode in the “Challenging Conversations video series marking the 25th anniversary of of the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, Dr. Brigitte Sion, curator of the Judaica Index and Museum Grants Manager at the Foundation, brings together two ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Thursday 14th May 2026

Ukraine Update: The stained glass windows of the Podil synagogue in Kyiv, damaged by a blast wave from Russian drone strikes, have been repaired

We were happy to learn from the Ukrainian Jewish scholar Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar that repairs have been completed on the stained glass windows in the historic synagogue in the Podil district of Kyiv, which were damaged in October by a ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Monday 11th May 2026

The JHE Newsletter for May is out — catch up on what you might have missed!

The 10 Commandments above the Ark in the former synagogue in Kasejovice, Czech Republic, now a museum

The JHE Newsletter for May is out — catch up on what you might have missed. In this issue, news, views, and insights from Czech Republic, Ukraine, Poland, France, Romania, Netherlands, Lithuania, and more…. We also link to a fascinating ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Sunday 10th May 2026

Podcast of note: Jewish Spaces in 21st Century Europe – Virtual, Real, Resilient

We highlighted the book Virtual and Real-Life Spaces of Jewish Europe in the 21st Century back in December after its publication. We now recommend the new podcast episode about the book. In it, the co-editors, Joachim Schloer and Maja Hultman ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Sunday 10th May 2026

JHE in italiano: sommario settimanale

Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Ucraina: è stata completata la prima fase di restauro dell’ex sinagoga chassidica di Chortkiv, destinata a diventare un centro culturale e artistico municipale polifunzionale 7 maggio ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Thursday 7th May 2026

Ukraine Update: The first stage of the restoration of the former Hasidic synagogue in Chortkiv and its transformation into a multipurpose municipal culture and arts center has been completed

The first stage of the restoration of the former Hasidic synagogue in Chortkiv and its transformation into a multipurpose municipal culture and arts center has been completed, the architectural firm a7 announced on its Facebook page. A7 said it had ...

Jewish Heritage Europe
Wednesday 6th May 2026

Czech Republic: Archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of Brno’s monumental Great Synagogue, torched by the Nazis in 1939

Archaeologists from the Brno Institute of Archaeological Monument Care have uncovered the foundations of the city’s monumental Great Synagogue, which was built in 1853-55 and torched by the Nazis in March 17-18, 1939 and made other discoveries. “The archaeological research ...

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