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Yom haShoah 2024: We remember the names. (Watch our video of Holocaust Memorial Monuments that personalize the victims)

Pinkas synagogue, Prague. Names of the more than 77,000 Holocaust victims from Bohemia and Moravia

Today is Yom haShoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust. We remember the names.  We repost here our video about Holocaust Monuments that personalize the victims. We must never forget that  each of the … continue reading →

RIP Frank Stella. We recall the 2016 exhibition in Warsaw of his work inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe

Cover of the catalogue of the Frank Stella exhibit at POLIN museum

The death of the renowned American artist Frank Stella leads us to recall the major exhibition of his work in 2016, inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe. Stella died Saturday at his home in New York, aged … continue reading →

Germany: Archaeologists begin excavating the site of the destroyed synagogue in Fulda, as part of plans to create a permanent memorial

Archaeological work begins at the site of the Fulda synagogue. Photo © City of Fulda

Archaeologists are exploring the site of the synagogue in Fulda, in central Germany, which was torched  on Kristallnacht, November 1938, and razed a few months later.  The work is taking place within the context of plans to redesign and upgrade … continue reading →

Hungary: Three-day festival this weekend closes exhibition celebrating the 150th birthday of noted Hungarian Jewish architect Béla Lajta

If you are in Budapest, don’t miss the closing days of an exhibition that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Jewish architect Béla Lajta.  The exhibit, which has run since December 20 at the Kiscelli Museum, … continue reading →