The Jewish Museum in Oslo is calling for nominations for a new Jewish Culture prize it has instituted for people or institutions that promote or have promoted Jewish culture in Norway. The winner will receive a certificate and 20,000 Norwegian … continue reading →
We are pleased to share this Call for Applications for the Baltic Jewish Heritage Study Programme (BJHSP) — an Online Learning Module and Travelling Summer School that takes place this spring and summer. Deadline for submission is March 11. The … continue reading →
The New Year 2023 edition of the JHE Monthly Newsletter is out! Looking ahead to 2023, we look back at celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2022 — and at our most popular posts from 2022. It was a year shadowed by … continue reading →
Norway’s National Heritage Directorate has included the Jewish cemetery at Sofienberg park in Oslo, the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery, in the national roster of protected monuments. “The Jewish cultural environments that we preserve represent Jewish life and history in Norway, and … continue reading →
Norway’s National Heritage Board wants to include the country’s oldest Jewish cemetery and a memorial to World War II deportations in the national roster of protected monuments. The two sites in Oslo are the Jewish cemetery at Sofienberg park and … continue reading →
