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The distinctive “weeping willow” gate from the most famous art nouveau tomb in Budapest’s Kozma utca Jewish cemetery has been removed. Apparent online evidence suggests it was stolen ...
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Hungary: distinctive “weeping willow” gate from the most famous art nouveau tomb in Budapest’s Kozma utca Jewish cemetery has been removed – apparently stolen
The distinctive “weeping willow” gate from the most famous art nouveau tomb in Budapest’s Kozma utca Jewish cemetery has been removed. Apparent online evidence suggests it was stolen by metal
Romania: A former Jewish house from a small village is being installed in an open air ethnographic park, where it will include an installation commemorating Holocaust victims by noted Israeli sculptor Belu Simion Făinaru
An open air ethnographic museum in Transylvania is installing a former Jewish house from a small village in northwest Romania. Once reconstructed on site, it will include an installation by
Italy: The huge Nabatele floating wooden synagogue balloon installation was launched over Venice
Nabatele — a huge hot air balloon representing an Eastern European wooden synagogue — was launched last week over the Venetian lagoon, as a collateral exhibit of the sprawling 61st
JHE in italiano: sommario settimanale
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici Lituania: il Museo dello Shtetl Perduto ha acquisito la Sinagoga della Fabbrica Frenkel a Šiauliai
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Have Your Say: From “Sad Grandeur” to New Hope — The Revival of Timișoara’s Fabric Synagogue
The magnificent Fabric Synagogue în Timișoara, Romania îs — finally — under restoration after decades of neglect. Designed by the prolific Hungarian synagogue architect Lipót Baumhorn, it was built between 1897 and 1899. In this Have Your Say personal essay, Anna Szentgyörgyi, who has been involved in recent efforts to draw attention to the building and support for its preservation, describes developments over the past few years and reflects on the impact of international cooperation and local commitment .