Jewish Heritage Europe

Romania: Timisoara’s long-derelict Fabric Synagogue (designed by Lipot Baumhorn) is on the 2022 World Monuments Fund Watch list of world heritage at risk

Ark in the Fabric synagogue, Timisoara, showing the organ behind and above it. Photo © Anna Szentgyörgyi

The long-derelict Fabric Synagogue — designed by Lipot Baumhorn —  and other Jewish heritage in Timisoara, Romania are on the 2022  World Monuments Watch: a list compiled by the World Monuments Fund of 25 heritage sites around the world deemed … continue reading →

Ukraine: Images of Jewish heritage, as we hold Ukraine in our thoughts

Our hearts go out to Ukraine! We can’t find the words, so we post here a gallery of Jewish heritage sites, in Kyiv and elsewhere in the country, from happier times…. Jewish presence goes back centuries. Today, following the Holocaust … continue reading →

JHE Anniversary of Anniversaries #1: The Rumbach street synagogue, Budapest. 150 years

The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Jewish Heritage Europe, and we will be celebrating it throughout the year with special content. The theme of JHE’s 10th birthday celebrations is the “Anniversary of Anniversaries” — that is, using JHE’s own anniversary to feature other significant or … continue reading →