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Newsletter #2 : : July 2014

Czech 10 Stars project opens; JHE adds new images feature!


The 10 Stars project in the Czech Republic was inaugurated in June, after more than 3 years of work. Mazel tov to project director Jan Kindermann and his team! Grouping restored synagogues and other Jewish sites, plus permanent exhibits, in 10 towns around the country, the 10 Stars is one of the most ambitious single Jewish heritage projects in Europe. It combines heritage preservation, restoration, & education and entails cooperation between the Jewish community and local municipalities, state ministries, the EU and others. Read our reports in the JHE Newsfeed and view photos of the sites in the new JHE Photo Galleries! Have you visited these sites? You may submit your own photos to add to the galleries!

 
RECENT NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
100 Years since World War I Began...

Monuments to Jewish soldiers, from all sides, who fell in battle...View and add to Gallery
Activists hope to restore Austria's oldest synagogue

Dates from 14th century; used as garage...Read more
Budapest Festival Orchestra

holds concerts in Hungarian empty synagogues... Read more
 
Annual "Preserving Memory" awards presented in Poland

to non-Jewish Poles caring for Jewish heritage & culture... Read more
Happy 150th Birthday to Great Synagogue in Lyon!

Read more
“Hopes for the future in Brno’s Jewish cemetery”

Restoration completed on Beit Hillel synagogue. More work under way. Read more

WHAT'S ON JHE

NEWSFEED

News, information, and insight on Jewish heritage issues in dozens of countries. A searchable database.  

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NEW! PHOTO GALLERIES

JHE has launched photo galleries on specific sites and general themes. Readers may contribute images!

See more

COUNTRY PAGES

Info, links & resources on home pages for 48 countries. Heritage, tourism, genealogy & more.

Click on a country!
CALENDAR

Upcoming events -- let us know about yours so we can include them! 

See calendar
IN FOCUS

Longer articles, people news, museums & more. 

Browse the archive!

CONFERENCE

In April 2013 JHE organized a major international conference on managing Jewish built heritage. 

See presentations, reports, follow-up developments

JHE's coordinator is Ruth Ellen Gruber, an award-winning writer who has worked on Jewish heritage for more than 25 years. 

Read more about her

Jewish Heritage Europe is an expanding web portal to news, information and resources concerning Jewish monuments and heritage sites all over Europe. A project of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, we foster communication and information exchange regarding projects, initiatives and other developments: restoration, funding, projects, best-practices, advisory services and more.

HELP JHE GROW! Add your own images to our new Photo Galleries. Update us with news & links about your own projects, events, honors, and the like. Contact us here
 
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