http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu An online resource centre Fri, 24 May 2013 20:14:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/24/dovid-katz-on-the-use-misuse-of-jewish-gravestones-memory/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dovid-katz-on-the-use-misuse-of-jewish-gravestones-memory http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/24/dovid-katz-on-the-use-misuse-of-jewish-gravestones-memory/”#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:05 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6257 Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/24/dovid-katz-on-the-use-misuse-of-jewish-gravestones-memory/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/22/jewish-emilia-romagna-italy-travel-article/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jewish-emilia-romagna-italy-travel-article http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/22/jewish-emilia-romagna-italy-travel-article/”#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:47:02 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6243 The Jewish Chronicle in London runs a nice travel article by Andy Mossack on the well-preserved Jewish heritage of Italy’s Emilia Romagna region, including Ferrara, which has just hosted its annual Jewish book festival. It’s a treasure trove of Jewish … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/22/jewish-emilia-romagna-italy-travel-article/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/photography-and-jewish-heritage-in-cernivtsi/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photography-and-jewish-heritage-in-cernivtsi http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/photography-and-jewish-heritage-in-cernivtsi/”#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 21:01:06 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6205 The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, has announced a photography workshop focused on Jewish heritage that will take place in July 2013. Called “Discovering History through the Camera,” it will be aimed at young … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/photography-and-jewish-heritage-in-cernivtsi/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/were-posting-presentations-from-the-krakow-conference/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-posting-presentations-from-the-krakow-conference http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/were-posting-presentations-from-the-krakow-conference/”#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:31:16 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6196   April’s Krakow conference on Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage was such a full event that it was impossible to attend every session. We’re beginning now to post at least some of the papers (and powerpoint presentations) from the various sessions. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/21/were-posting-presentations-from-the-krakow-conference/”/feed 1 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/more-video-posted-from-the-krakow-conference-on-managing-jewish-heritage/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-video-posted-from-the-krakow-conference-on-managing-jewish-heritage http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/more-video-posted-from-the-krakow-conference-on-managing-jewish-heritage/”#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:13:05 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6143   We have just posted full-length videos of two more sessions from the Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage conference, held in Krakow April 23-25. Click here for the video of the full session (April 23) on Physical Restoration — Focus on … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/more-video-posted-from-the-krakow-conference-on-managing-jewish-heritage/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/the-night-of-the-museums-may-18/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-night-of-the-museums-may-18 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/the-night-of-the-museums-may-18/”#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:57:08 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6122 May 18 is International Museum Day, an annual event established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums. In 2012, 32,000 museums from 129 countries on five continents took part — and this year the numbers are expected to be much … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/the-night-of-the-museums-may-18/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/thoughts-on-a-trip-through-western-ukraine-by-christian-herrmann/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thoughts-on-a-trip-through-western-ukraine-by-christian-herrmann http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/thoughts-on-a-trip-through-western-ukraine-by-christian-herrmann/”#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:18:05 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6117 On his blog, Christian Herrmann reflects on a recent trip visiting Jewish sites in Bukovina and Galicia in western Ukraine. He describes “a very intense and emotional journey to the heritage of a vanished Jewish world. We  visited 27 towns … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/17/thoughts-on-a-trip-through-western-ukraine-by-christian-herrmann/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/media-on-the-krakow-beit-midrash-situation/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-on-the-krakow-beit-midrash-situation http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/media-on-the-krakow-beit-midrash-situation/”#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 14:58:43 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6103 Since we reported last week on the transformation of the rundown and disused Chewra Thilim Beit Midrash in Krakow into a late-night music club, the situation has prompted coverage in the Polish, Jewish and Israeli media — and also prompted … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/media-on-the-krakow-beit-midrash-situation/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/action-reconciliation-cemetery-program-in-chernivtsi/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=action-reconciliation-cemetery-program-in-chernivtsi http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/action-reconciliation-cemetery-program-in-chernivtsi/”#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 13:51:23 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6098 Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, the German volunteer organization that, among other things, sends volunteers to clean up and maintain Jewish cemeteries, has announced its annual “summer camp” for people 40 and over to help clean up the sprawling Jewish cemetery in … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/action-reconciliation-cemetery-program-in-chernivtsi/”/feed 0 http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/jewish-heritage-signage-in-northern-romania/”?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jewish-heritage-signage-in-northern-romania http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/jewish-heritage-signage-in-northern-romania/”#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 09:52:51 +0000 jhe http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/?p=6077 New tri-lingual signage has been put up to mark the historic Old Jewish Cemetery and the synagogue, as well as other historic sites, in Siret, Romania, a small town in the Bucovina region on the border between Romania and Ukraine. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2013/05/14/jewish-heritage-signage-in-northern-romania/”/feed 0