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Happy New Year — with dazzling Jewish heritage imagery!

Botosani, Romania -- elaborate ark in the synagogue
Botosani, Romania — elaborate ark in the synagogue

Happy New Year, everyone!

We know we are already a couple of day into 2015 — but we’re still celebrating, with some extravagantly colorful and often dazzling decorative imagery from synagogues and other Jewish heritage sites around Europe.

Here’s wishing a marvelous  year (and beyond) to you all!

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Lion carved on gravestone in Jewish cemetery in Botosani, Romania. (Our JHE mascot)
Lion carved on gravestone in Jewish cemetery in Botosani, Romania. (Our JHE mascot)
Trencin, Slovakia. Stained glass in the synagogue.
Trencin, Slovakia. Stained glass in the synagogue.

 

Old Jewish Cemetery, Venice
Putti and a face on a tomb in the Old Jewish Cemetery, Venice

 

Detail of restored synagogue in Zamosc, Poland
Detail of restored synagogue in Zamosc, Poland
Glass dome of Graz synagogue. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
Glass dome of Graz synagogue. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
The carved decoration on Henryk Halkowski's gravestone was designed by his close friend Marta Gołab, an acclaimed paper cut artist. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
The carved decoration on Henryk Halkowski’s gravestone was designed by his close friend Marta Gołab, an acclaimed paper cut artist. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber

 

Sataniv, Ukraine: Three Hares motif. Photo: Christian Herrmann
Sataniv, Ukraine: Three Hares motif. Photo: Christian Herrmann
Three Hares motif in the replica of the Gwozdziec synagogue ceiling. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
Three Hares motif in the replica of the Gwozdziec synagogue ceiling. Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
Inside the cupola of Zilina synagogue, April 24, 2014. Photo © Dalibor Adamus courtesy of Nová Synagóga
Inside the cupola of Zilina synagogue, April 24, 2014. Photo © Dalibor Adamus courtesy of Nová Synagóga
Presov, Slovakia-- ceiling of Orthodox synagogue1
Presov, Slovakia– ceiling of Orthodox synagogue1
Presov, Slovakia-- ceiling of Orthodox synagogue
Presov, Slovakia– ceiling of Orthodox synagogue
Bimah and reconstructed Bimah in the synagogue in Mikulov, CZ
Bimah and reconstructed Bimah in the synagogue in Mikulov, CZ

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Lions over the Ark of the synagogue in Nowy Korczyn, Poland, which has been preserved as a ryuin
Lions over the Ark of the synagogue in Nowy Korczyn, Poland, which has been preserved as a ruin

 

The Stag (or Deer) in the Tranzit House synagogue in Cluj, Romania
The Stag (or Deer) in the Tranzit House synagogue in Cluj, Romania

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Roman, Romania - Ark
Roman, Romania – Ark
Kerepesi Jewish cemetery.
Kerepesi Jewish cemetery.
Looking up into the cupola of the synagogue in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
Looking up into the cupola of the synagogue in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
Ceiling, restored synagogue in Dabrowska Tarnowska, Poland.
Ceiling, restored synagogue in Dabrowska Tarnowska, Poland.
Gwozdziec ceiling reconstruction Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber
Gwozdziec ceiling reconstruction Photo © Ruth Ellen Gruber

 

Trnava, Slovakia -- painted ceiling of restored orthodox synagogue
Trnava, Slovakia — painted ceiling of restored orthodox synagogue
Trnava, Slovakia -- painted ceiling of restored orthodox synagogue
Trnava, Slovakia — painted ceiling of restored orthodox synagogue

 

Old Jewish Cemetery, Venice
Old Jewish Cemetery, Venice
Photo © FEDROM
Detail from restored Choral Synagogue in Bucharest. Photo © FEDROM

 

 

 

Inner dome of the Rumbach street synagogue, Budapest
Inner dome of the Rumbach street synagogue, Budapest

 

 

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1 comment on “Happy New Year — with dazzling Jewish heritage imagery!”

  1. Thanks!Also a happy new year and far beyond!
    However I wonder if happy will be the same,when steadily our surroundings,acquaintances and thinking are changed?
    Yet there is a Jewish sediment at the bottom flavoring more than I was thinking in my life:happiness daily wondering walking,breathing..well the first words Genesis… ,!

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