Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archive
We support archives, libraries, museums, universities, cultural institutions and Jewish communal organisations across Europe which preserve and showcase Jewish cultural heritage and strengthen and sustain Jewish communal life.
We are also committed to nurturing professionals who work in these organisations and offer a range of training opportunities. Our initiatives are designed to enhance the fields we support.
Our Grants:
Academic Jewish Studies
RFHE aims to support rigorous, systematic research and education in Academic Jewish Studies (AJS) throughout Europe. The academic study of Judaism is fundamental to understanding the evolution of Judaism and the contemporary practices of the Jewish people.
The AJS grants, both for institutions and individuals, are designed to develop the skills and broaden the horizons of students and early career scholars. This is to ensure we help foster not only the next generation of Jewish Studies scholars, but also the next generation of Jewish heritage professionals, many of whom may pursue degrees in Jewish Studies prior to entering the heritage sector.
European Jewish Heritage
Museums, archives, libraries, cultural institutions and organisations across Europe are repositories of items that tell the story of the Jewish presence on this continent, from the Medieval period all the way up to the present day.
Our European Jewish Heritage grants are designed to encourage organisations holding Jewish material and items of Jewish significance, to make them accessible to a diverse audience. Our funding is used for preserving and cataloguing these collections through to exhibitions and digital heritage projects which illustrate the ways in which Jewish life and communities have contributed to European life over the centuries and continue to do today.
Jewish Communal Life
Jewish communal professionals and volunteers across Europe play a vital role in supporting and enhancing Jewish life, working tirelessly to support their communities. They may be Jewish summer camp co-ordinators, programming staff at the Jewish Community Centre, Jewish studies teachers, synagogue and community lay leaders or parents who volunteer at Sunday schools.
Our Jewish Communal Life grants enable them to receive the necessary support they need to deepen their own Jewish knowledge or update their professional expertise so they can make an even greater difference to the Jewish communities in which they work.
Our Training:
We provide professional development opportunities for people working with Jewish heritage and in communities. These include the chance to develop or improve Jewish language skills, attend conferences, participate in intensive training for heritage professionals as well as other formal and informal education opportunities.
Our support for Jewish heritage professionals include archivists, librarians, conservators, curators, educators, cataloguers, etc. working professionally in a museum, archive, library or other heritage organisation with a significant Jewish collection.
Our Initiatives:
We initiate projects that create freely accessible online resources about Jewish heritage, culture and communal life and provide professional support for the areas we fund. Many of these have been developed by experts in their field and are continuously updated. They have become essential research tools, knowledge platforms and professional networks, enhancing the fields of European Jewish archives and heritage, Judaica objects and contemporary European Jewry.