The gutted prayer room. Photo: © Federation of Jewish Communities in the CIS The Great Synagogue in Grodno, Belarus was seriously damaged in a fire November 27 sparked by a faulty electric circuit, the Federation of Jewish … continue reading →
The surviving fragment of the oldest gravestone found in the Jewish cemetery in Oswięcim, the town where the Auschwitz death camp is located, has been cleaned and preserved by Margrit Borman, a conservator at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial, writes Tomasz … continue reading →
Polychrome frescoes have been discovered in the historic synagogue in Bobowa, Poland, during restoration being carried out this autumn. Restoration work on the discovered paintings will continue into next spring. The discovery was reported in Virtual Shtetl, citing a report … continue reading →
According to a recent report in the Turkish media, it seems that the final use of the synagogue in Edirne, Turkey, currently under restoration, is still under discussion. In an interview with the Anadolu news agency, Turkey’s Directorate General for Foundations … continue reading →
Call for applications for a conference in March 2014, Amsterdam Paideia – the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden and the Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe are pleased to present: (Re)shaping the (Re)presentation of Jewish Culture: The Future … continue reading →
