The Municipal Museum in Gliwice, Poland is seeking old photographs of the Ceremonial Hall of the Jewish cemetery there. The neo-Gothic red-brick building is under development as a branch of the museum that will house a permanent exhibition on Jewish history … continue reading →
According to the news site InSerbia, vandals struck the Jewish cemetery in Subotica, Serbia the night of Feb. 10-11, damaging nine gravestones. It was the third episode of vandalism against the cemetery in the past two years. In July, … continue reading →
A ceremony Feb. 3 in Ponta Delgada, on the island of San Miguel in the Portuguese Azores, kicked off the restoration of the Shaar Hashomaylum Synagogue, which was built around 1820 and consecrated in 1836 and is Portugal’s oldest synagogue built … continue reading →
Journalists were taken on a tour Feb. 5 to see the progress of the installation of the core exhibit of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, which will have its grand opening on October 28. … continue reading →
The Prague Jewish Museum has a new visitor information and reservation center. The facility, which opened February 3, is located at Meiselsa 15, close to the several historic synagogues that comprise the museum and house its exhibitions. The museum in … continue reading →
