The distinctive 19th century synagogue in the southern Polish town of Dabrowska Tarnowska will be reopened this spring as a culture center after a four-year restoration project. The restoration conserves the unique arcaded front. Virtual Shtetl quotes Polish television … continue reading →
In the Jewish Review of Books, David Gelernter writes about the architecture of two strikingly different but surprisingly similar synagogues: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Shalom in suburban Philadelphia, built in the 1950s, and the wooden synagogue in Gwozdziec, now … continue reading →
The exhibition Mazevot in Everyday Use has been on at the National Museum of History in Minsk, Belarus since early February and closes Feb. 23. It showcases photographs by the Polish photographer Łukasz Baksik, documenting the various — inappropriate — … continue reading →
The February 2012 Newsletter of Lo-Tishkach, the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative, is out and contains a compendium of valuable information from the news archive of the organization’s web site. Highlights include: — Lo Tishkach to Expand Surveys into Poland … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl reports that the “new” Jewish cemetery in Bytom, in southern Poland, has been registered on the list of monuments in Silesia region. The cemetery, which dates from 1866, is located at ul. Piekarska 56. From now on, … continue reading →
