The Jewish community in Florence is working on a wide-ranging project to promote Jewish heritage in Tuscany — among other things, to encourage at least some of the millions of tourists who visit Tuscany each year to add Jewish … continue reading →
After 10 years of research and workshops, the reconstruction of the wonderfully painted ceiling of the destroyed Gwozdziec synagogue is complete. Read about the project and see pictures of the process here, on the project’s blog. The 85 percent scale … continue reading →
Earlier this year, the Virtual Shtetl project of the forthcoming Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw organized a research trip to Belarus. Here is a brief video documenting what they did, visiting heritage sites and interviewing local … continue reading →
Estera (Eszti) Votaw, a Holocaust survivor who was widowed by the 1983 Hezbollah terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, and who for years was a driving force in efforts to restore the Art Nouveau synagogue in her hometown … continue reading →
Haaretz reports on the discovery in Cologne late last year of an ancient Hebrew inscription that apparently reveals the location of a toilet in a Jewish home built in 1266 by the wealthy Lyvermann family. The Hebrew inscription on … continue reading →
