(JHE) — With overwhelming support from local citizens, authorities in the city of Konin are seeking funding to restore the town’s former synagogue and return it to dignified use as a cultural space. The city acquired the nearly 200-year-old building … continue reading →
(JHE) — The magnificent domed former synagogue in St. Pölten, west of Vienna, will undergo a €4 million restoration and redevelopment as a Jewish cultural center with financing from the Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) region and the St. Pölten municipality. According … continue reading →
(JHE) — Mazel tov to Maceva, the Litvak Cemetery Catalogue, which is celebrating a milestone — ten years of activity documenting, cleaning, digitizing, and restoring Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania. “Beit Olam – cemeteries are the house of living. It is … continue reading →
There’s still time to propose a panel or submit a poster for the upcoming online conference organized by the POLIN museum in Warsaw — What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies to be held … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario settimanale in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura! Ci lascia a 97 anni Rivka Dorfman che, con suo marito Ben-Zion, ha svolto un vasto lavoro di documentazione … continue reading →
