Each year we post several roundups of Jewish cemetery cleanups in countries all over Europe. In these round-ups, we show how hundreds of volunteers and others clean, restore, and maintain Jewish cemeteries around Europe — actions that are generally ignored … continue reading →
Mazel tov to the historian Irene Aue-Ben-David, who will become the new director of the Jewish Museum Hohenems in April 2026. She will take over from Hanno Loewy, who will retire at the end of March after more than twenty … continue reading →
The night of November 9-10 marks the 87th 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 →
Mazel tov to Hanno Loewy, the director of the Jewish Museum in Hohenems, Austria, who has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art! He was among 22 people who received high state honors for their services to … continue reading →
Work has begun on the wide-ranging restoration of Vienna’s main synagogue, the historic Stadttempel — which will celebrate its 200th birthday next year. The €10.5 million renovation, carried out with the involvement of the Federal Monuments Office and described by … continue reading →
