The Jewish Museum in Oświęcim has further developed its Core exhibit, “Oshpitzin: The Story of Jewish Oświęcim” by installing an outdoor component that continues the story of Oshpitzin into the square in front of the Museum. The large metal triangle freshly installed on the square presents individual “Stories from Oświęcim” about prewar Jewish residents. Told as graphic short stories, these seven tales highlight the vibrancy of local Jewish life before the Holocaust. The installation is visible from the Oświęcim Market… | Read more »
This years’ Museum Educators Seminar (MES) has taken place in Vienna, Austria. Fourteen educators from twelve different European countries have attended the five-day programme that was hosted by the Jewish Museum Vienna (JMW) in close cooperation with our Viennese colleagues Hannah Landsmann and Dan Fischman. During this edition the participants have worked on different locations in and outside Vienna. This included the Jewish Museum Vienna with a visit to the core exhibition Our City! Jewish Vienna – Then and Now, Museum Judenplatz and… | Read more »
MANTUA IN JERUSALEM Interactive Virtual Exhibition by the U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art The first virtual thematic exhibiton hosted by the Israel Ministry of Culture National Museum Portal was created by the U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art in Jerusalem. It is a pioneer project that aims to bring the beauty and cultural significance of the museum to a worldwide audience, by telling the story of the Jewish Community of Mantua, one of the most important, creative… | Read more »
The Sephardic Museum opened the 4th of September after undertaking a cleaning and restoration of the walls of the Prayer Room in the Synagogue of El Transito The Great Prayer Room of the Synagogue of El Transito, headquarters of the Sephardic Museum of Toledo, went through a process of cleaning, restoration, and treatment to its walls and surfaces during the entire month of August this year. The project, a month-long task, consisted of new plastering, stratigraphic samples of the… | Read more »
The last eyewitnesses of the Holocaust have been making their appearance in the Burgtheater, but soon it will no longer be possible to speak with the them and hear their recollections and stories at first hand. The podium guests will discuss the possibilities and limits of communication without eyewitnesses and the ways in which memorials and Jewish museums can or should work together when the individual memory becomes a cultural one. The event is part of the 2015 AEJM Educators Training… | Read more »