We are happy to share this call for applicants for a PhD Fellowship from Bar Ilan University — topics of study include the art and architecture of synagogues. The deadline for applications is May 6, 2018. = = = = … continue reading →
Bulgaria’s Jewish community has officially transferred ownership of the historic but long-derelict synagogue in Samokov, Bulgaria, to the Samokov municipality, raising hopes that the important building, originally built in the 1850s, might be restored for use as a cultural center. … continue reading →
Mazel tov to Dr. Barbara Staudinger, named the new director of the Augsburg-Swabia Jewish Culture Museum, taking over from Dr. Benigna Schönhagen, who is retiring. One of the leading Jewish museums in Germany, the Augsburg museum was founded in 1985 … continue reading →
A richly illustrated guide brochure to Jewish Prague that can be downloaded in seven languages as a PDF has won an award in a competition for tourist promotions in the Czech Republic. The 44-page guide, “Prague: Jewish” was prepared by … continue reading →
By now, it is fairly common — at least in Poland, but also elsewhere — to use the recovered fragments of gravestones from destroyed Jewish cemeteries to create Holocaust memorials. (We wrote about the recovery of gravestones and fragments in … continue reading →
