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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
Senior Job Opportunity: Director of MEIS Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah
The National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) has opened a call for applications for a director, to fulfill a four- year term in the post. The four-year
Poland: Synagogue in Krynki to be renovated
The so-called “Kaukaski” synagogue in the eastern Polish town of Krynki, long used as a cinema and more recently as a sports and culture center, is to undergo renovation. According
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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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