Calendar

Jun
5
Wed
Conference in Florence on Jewish Revival @ European University Institute
Jun 5 @ 7:00 am – Jun 6 @ 4:00 pm

The Jewish Revival in Europe and North America: Between Lifestyle Judaism and Institutional Renaissance

I’ll be taking part in this conference, presenting a paper called: Jewish. Jewish? “Jewish” Jewish!

Jun
20
Thu
Banjo Romantika Screening @ American Center
Jun 20 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Screening and lecture by director Lee Bidgood, American Center at the American Embassy, Prague

Jun
21
Fri
Banjo Romantika Screening
Jun 21 @ 9:30 am – Jun 22 @ 10:30 am

Banjo Jamboree Festival, C

Jun
27
Thu
Banjo Romantika Screening
Jun 27 @ 9:30 am – Jun 28 @ 10:30 am

White Stork Festival, Luka nad Jihlavou

Banjo Romantika Screening
Jun 27 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Screening and lecture by director Lee Bidgood, Moravian Library, Brno

Sep
30
Mon
Conference: Jewish Life and anti-Semitism in Contemporary Europe @ Parliament Building
Sep 30 – Oct 2 all-day

I’ll be speaking on

Nov
16
Sat
Conference: Invented Jewish Traditions. J @ Institut f
Nov 16 – Nov 20 all-day

I am scheduled to speak at the conference

Feb
23
Sun
Workshop at Israel National Library
Feb 23 – Feb 26 all-day
Jul
28
Mon
Using jewish-heritage-europe.eu @ IAJGS conference
Jul 28 @ 8:30 am – 10:15 am

The web site http:www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu is a growing online resource that aggregates links, runs a regular newsfeed, publishes long articles and features many other Jewish heritage resources for 48 European countries. A project of the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, JHE aims to facilitate communication and information exchange regarding projects, initiatives and other developments concerning Jewish heritage and Jewish heritage sites: restoration, funding, ongoing projects, best-practices, advisory services, tourism, genealogy, & more. It also aims to foster contacts among Jewish communities, private individuals or bodies, foundations, state and civic organizations, monuments protection authorities and other stakeholders and interested parties. As JHE

Jul
30
Wed
Jewish Heritage Travel in Eastern Europe @ IAJGS conference
Jul 30 @ 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm

As the author of National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe, and the coordinator of the web site www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu, I conduct an illustrated virtual tour of far-flung synagogues, shtetls, Jewish cemeteries, and other Jewish heritage sites in a variety of countries in East-Central Europe. I describe personal experiences and discuss the many changes I have witnessed in a quarter century of exploration of Jewish heritage. These include efforts at reconstructing Jewish life, with new forms of Jewishness, Jewish practice, and religious and cultural expression. I describe how I coined the term