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!
Screening and lecture by director Lee Bidgood, American Center at the American Embassy, Prague
Banjo Jamboree Festival, C
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I am scheduled to speak at the conference
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
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