By Daniela Greiber A two-hour ride north east of Stockholm takes you to Glamsta summer camp, the crown jewel of the Swedish Jewish community. In consecutive operation for 109 years, Glamsta invokes cherished memories for most Swedish Jews. As the camp director showed me around in July, he pointed at a picture of his mother as a chanicha in the 1960s and showed me a carving on a door that he made as a chanich in the late 80s. Today, the site … [Read more...] about Four Site Visits and Some Thoughts on European Jewish Camping
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National Library of Israel launches Bridge to Europe
Gesher L’Europa, a project of the National Library of Israel and the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, has launched a new website. Featured are educational resource packs, blogs touching on European Jewish history, the Jewish European Ephemera Collection and much more. … [Read more...] about National Library of Israel launches Bridge to Europe
Respect & Invest: Empower European Jewish Community Professionals Today
By Dani Serlin Despite recent headlines, and ongoing challenges faced by Jews and Jewish communities in Europe, Jewish life is thriving in many places, fulfilling to those who are engaged, and a phenomenon very much of the present. This is in large part due to the hard work, commitment, and passion of our fellow Jewish community professionals, educators, and activists. And at the same time in European Jewish communities, like countless … [Read more...] about Respect & Invest: Empower European Jewish Community Professionals Today
A Swede, a Brit and a Latvian walk into the Leaders Assembly’s bar…
By Daniela Greiber David was first a chanich, then a madrich and for the last 10 years, has been the Director of the Glamsta Jewish camp in Sweden. Sasha and Mina came from the Szarvas international camp in Hungary. Josh was the only Brit, representing RSY-Netzer, an international progressive Jewish youth movement. Tina came from Poland where she heads Atid, the main Jewish community summer camp. Ella joined from Germany where she founded the … [Read more...] about A Swede, a Brit and a Latvian walk into the Leaders Assembly’s bar…
Ruth Ellen Gruber Reflects on Five Years of Jewish Heritage Europe
By Liam Hoare eJewish Philanthropy Since its launch five years ago, Jewish Heritage Europe has become an essential one-stop shop for news, information, and resources concerning, as the name indeed suggests, matters of Jewish culture and built heritage in Europe: museums; synagogues; cemeteries, and so on. Ruth Ellen Gruber, the author of Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture in Europe who has chronicled Jewish life in Europe for over … [Read more...] about Ruth Ellen Gruber Reflects on Five Years of Jewish Heritage Europe
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