A new virtual reconstruction at Rome’s Jewish Museum lets visitors “tour” the historic Roman ghetto. Pope Paul IV confined Jews in a walled ghetto in 1555. Sited low on the bank of the Tiber, it was a squalid, densely … continue reading →
An extensive — and it is hoped growing — new online resource on Hungarian synagogues has been recently launched. Called synagogues.hu it amounts to a sort of virtual museum on Hungarian synagogue architecture — and in fact was organized by … continue reading →
The Oct. 28 gala grand opening of the core exhibit of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews generated great interest in the media, with scores (probably hundreds) of articles and reports published and posted around the globe. It … continue reading →
The Red de Juderias, or Network of Jewish Quarters, in Spain has just unveiled a new “Routes of Sefarad” smartphone and tablet app that will allow users to navigate through the 24 old Jewish quarters the network. The app is … continue reading →
The exhibition “Jewish Płock – Architectural Visions and Realizations” opens December 4 at the Museum of Mazovian Jews, which is located in a former synagogue in the town northwest of Warsaw. Curated by Gabriela Nowak of the Mazovian Museum and Agnieszka Wojciechowska … continue reading →
