Congrats to the winners of the International Youth Competition on Local Jewish Cemeteries -- winning projects (videos and online brochures) from six countries jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/05/30/jew #jewishheritage #cemeteries #education
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Ruth Ellen Gruber
@ruthellengruber
Real imaginary, virtually Jewish, sauerkraut cowboys and all. Oh, and the ukulele.
ruthellengruber.comJoined March 2011
Ruth Ellen Gruber’s Tweets
Czech Republic: New web site and online exhibits of the Prague Jewish Museum's "Secrets in the Attic" Geniza project jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/06/01/cze #geniza #jewishheritage #synagogue #digitalresource #exhibitions
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Sad news -- Jewish Museum London closing indefinitely due to financial losses. Hopes to sell building to fund maintaining collections & looking for another site. jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/06/02/uk- #jewishheritage #jewishmuseum #museum #jewishculture #jewishhistory #jewish
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Fantastic news -- Rachel Donadio is Civitella Ranieri Foundation's New Executive Director civitella.org/rachel-donadio via
I'm giving the keynote today at 17:00 CET. via zoom. (Link is in the post) Conference: The Turn of the 1990s and its Impact upon the Study of Jewish Cultures and Arts jewish-heritage-europe.eu/event/the-turn #jewishheritage #jewishhistory #jewishculture #1990s
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Biz 120 more!
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Shabbat Shalom - Gut Shabbos! And Happy 120th birthday New Synagogue in #Szeged, Hungary, the masterpiece of the prolific #synagogue #architect Lipot Baumhorn. It was inaugurated May 19, 1903. #jewishheritage #lipotbaumhorn #shabbat #shabbatshalom #jewishculture #jewishhistory
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#Shabbat Shalom - Gut Shabbos! With a carving of the #dome of the New #Synagogue in #Szeged, HU, which celebrates its 120th #anniversary next week. The masterpiece of the #architect Lipot Baumhorn, it decorates his #gravestone in Budapest. #jewishheritage #jewishcemetery
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Shabbat Shalom -- Gut Shabbos! With a close up of the 15th century #gothic ark conserved in the town of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, southeast France. The only tangible relic of the #medieval Jewish community. #jewishheritage #synagogue #shabbat #shabbos #shabbatshalom
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Congrats and thanks for these iitiatives -- so important to highlight them
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Jewish Cemetery Clean-ups 2023 -- Round-up #1 ... Dozens of initiatives in more than a dozen countries. So important to highlight these actions! jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/05/02/jew #jewishheritage #jewishcemeteries #cleanupinitiatives @MatzevahFound @ESJFcemeteries #cemetery
#Shabbat Shalom - Gut #Shabbos, as we begin the Hebrew month of #Iyyar, whose Zodiac sign is the bull ie #Taurus. This one is in the #zodiac on the ceiling of the great #synagogue in #Botoșani, Romania, built in 1834. #jewishheritage #jewishart #iyar #shabbatshalom #roshchodesh
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Opening today: Case di vita. Sinagoghe e cimiteri in Italia. It focuses on the architectural, ritual, and social dimensions of the synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Italy. jewish-heritage-europe.eu/event/case-di- #jewishheritage
Germany: Mapping Memories -- a 2-week festival at Frankfurt's Judengasse -- is under way til April 30 jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/04/14/ger #jewishheritage #jewishhistory #jewishmuseum #judengasse
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Italy: Structural threat to Florence synagogue tower prompts Go Fund Me crowd-funder jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/04/16/ita #jewishheritage #synagogue #florence #sinagoga
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Lituania: a six-year restoration has brought back the original appearance of the synagogue in #Kupiškis, long used as a library jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/04/17/lit #jewishheritage #synagogue #restoration #lithuania #architecture
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Yom ha Shoah 2023: Shoah memorials that name names, and personalize those who were murdered jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/04/17/yom #jewishheritage #yomhashoah #names #memorials #holocaustmemorials #holocaust
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Synagogues, cemeteries, and settlements: Spain’s hidden Jewish heritage english.elpais.com/spain/2023-04- via
Lithuania: Remains of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Vilnius are declared a state-protected national cultural heritage site jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/31/lit #jewishheritage #synagogue #vilniius #vilna #archaeology
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RIP old friend
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Poland: We are saddened by the death of Pawel Śpiewak, former director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/31/pol #jewishheritage @JHIInstytut #obituary #jewishmuseum
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Romania: Timisoara city allocates funds toward restoration of Fabric and Cetate (Citadel) synagogues jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/29/rom #jewishheritage #synagogue #restoration #timisoara #lipotbaumhorn
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Romania: Restoration plans for the disused Synagogue in Seini move forward; it will become a concert hall and Jewish museum jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/28/rom #jewishheritage #synagogue #maramures #restoration #romania
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We're in the Hebrew month of #Nisan... its Hebrew zodiac sign is “tleh” (ram) -- i.e. #Aries. This one is from the #zodiac on the ceiling of the Jewish library and archive in Rome, by the painter Lele Luzzati. #jewishheritage #ceiling #tleh #painting #jewishart #art
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This is the congressman who represents the school where the children were slaughtered this morning. I’m sure he will have thoughts and prayers.
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France: the Synagogue of Elbeuf, Normandy is one of 18 historic sites at risk targeted for action by the Heritage Mission and aid from the Heritage Lottery jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/17/fra #jewishheritage #synagogue #elbeuf
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More #fish for the month of #Adar, whose Hebrew #zodiac sign is the Fish, Dagim, i.e. #Pisces. In the Old Jewish #Cemetery of #Venice, a carving that marked the grave of Baruch son of Simcha Ashkenazi, 1722. #jewishheritage #jewishart #jewishcemetery #venezia #cimiteroebraico
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We're in the Hebrew month of #Adar -- whose Hebrew Zodiac sign is the Fish, #Dagim, corresponding to #Pisces. Here's the fish from the Zodiac on the ceiling of the Great Synagogue in Botosani, Romania. #jewishheritage #singagoga #botosani #wallpaintings #jewishart #synagogue
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Italy’s Olympic Committee HQ. Nobody seems to notice huge Fascist-era mural glorifying Mussolini and his dictatorship. Mind-boggling
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Take a look at an online video lecture series on the #art and #architecture of 10 individual #synagogues by art and architectural historian Dr. Samuel Gruber jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/03/10/syn #jewishheritage #jewishart #jewisharchitecture #webinar
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Shabbat Shalom -- Gut Shabbos! With a display for Shabbat in the synagogue complex in Turin (Torino), Italy. #jewishheritage #candlesticks #candles #shabbat #shabbos #synagogue #shabbatshalom
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Turkey: Amid the overwhelming devastation of the earthquakes in Turkey, three synagogues appear to have survived jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/02/27/tur #jewishheritage #synagogue #turkey #earthquake #synagogues
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Shabbat Shalom -- Gut Shabbos! Marking the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the image of beautiful Shabbat #candles on the #gravestone of a woman in the historic Jewish #cemetery in Bolekhiv #Ukraine..... #jewishheritage #jewishcemetery #shabbat
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“We couldn’t protect our media. A few media outlets were in the opposition, a few newspapers and sites, but step by step Fidesz took them over too, or restricted their operations”
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Check out the JHE Newsletter for February -- catch up what you may have missed
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Our JHE Newsletter for February is out. Catch up on what you may have missed this past month. News, views, insights from Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, the UK and more. #jewishheritage #newsletter #jewish
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JHE Photo Essay: for Tu B'Shvat 2023 -- Trees and fruit in Jewish decorative art; in #synagogues, on #gravestones, and as part of ritual objects jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/02/05/jhe #jewishheritage #tubishvat #trees #fruit #photoessay #jewishart #art
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UK Update: Project Manager named for Welsh Jewish Heritage Center project at the Merthyr Tydfil synagogue jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/01/31/uk- #jewishheritage #synagogue #merthyrtydfil
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Poland Update: Long-awaited restoration of the 17th century #synagogue in Chęciny is getting under way. It will become a Center for Jewish Remembrance and Culture jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/02/01/pol #jewishheritage #poland #checiny #restoration
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Germany: Watch the stunning film of "Ritual Echoes," a sound installation performance piece by Avery Gosfield centered on the monumental medieval #mikvah in Speyer jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/01/29/ger #jewishheritage #ShUM #mikveh #performance
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Shabbat Shalom - Gut Shabbos! This representation of #Shabbat - candlesticks and a kiddush cup - decorates the orthodox #synagogue on Puškinova street in #Kosice, Slovakia, built 1926-27 and designed by Ľudovít Oelschläger. #jewishheritage #synagoga #shabbos #shabbatshalom
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European Day(s) of Jewish Culture 2023, focus on Memory -- EU funding; new outreach; upcoming conference -- and contest for this year's poster jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/01/13/eur #edjc #jewishheritage #festival #memory #jewishculture
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Call for Applications: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Spring 2023 Grants. New #funding opportunities include European Jewish Heritage grant program and Professional Development in several fields. jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/01/12/cal #jewishheritage #grants #jewishcommunity
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Poland: An artist who escaped to Poland from Ukraine created a spectacular mirror mandala mural on the wall of the Jewish cemetery in Kalisz jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2023/01/09/pol #jewishheritage #jewishart #jewishcemetery #mandala #mirror #cmentarz #kalisz #mural
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