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Poland: Zawiercie town assumes ownership of former synagogue, plans to restore the dilapidated building as a cultural center
The municipal authorities of the town of Zawiercie, in southern Poland, have taken over for free the ownership of the seriously dilapidated former synagogue building and the land on which
JHE in Italiano — Sommario 16-20 febbraio
Ecco il sommario settimanale in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa. Bulgaria: avanzeranno finalmente i lavori di restauro alla sinagoga di Vidin??? 20 febbraio
Bulgaria: could there finally be movement on the stalled Vidin synagogue restoration???
At the end of January, Tsvetan Tsenkov, the mayor of Vidin, Bulgaria, said in an interview with themayor.eu portal that the municipality is “clearing the last things” before moving forward
Spain: Carmen Álvarez Nogales named new director of the Sefardi museum in Toledo
Carmen Álvarez Nogales has been named director of the Sefardí Museum, housed in the Transito Synagogue in Toledo. The Education, Culture, and Sport Ministry made the announcement on Friday. Álvarez
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Exploring Jewish Nice and Its Many Layers of History
While working in the archives of the Alpes-Maritimes in Nice, France, sorting Holocaust-era documents related to a 20th century politician in Vichy France, American historian Robert Levitt ran across a letter that gripped his attention like no other. It was a letter from a man about to be deported by the Gestapo because they were convinced he was Jewish, when in actuality he was not. In this personal essay Levitt writes how this letter changed the way he thought about Nice and led to his continuing study of the long and tumultuous history of Jews in the city, from medieval times to the present.
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