Fancy living in a former synagogue? A two-bedroom penthouse apartment is for sale in the former Queen’s Park synagogue in the southern part of Glasgow, Scotland; its starting price is around £250,000. Designed in neo-Romanesque style by the architect Ninian MacWhannel, … continue reading →
Markas Zingeris, an award-winning author, poet, and longtime former director of the Vilna Gaon Jewish History Museum, has died at the age of 76. Zingeris, who headed the Vilna Gaon Museum from 2005 to 2019, passed away on April 20 … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura! Yom HaShoah 2023: memoriali della Shoah che citano i nomi e personalizzano coloro che furono assassinati 17 aprile 2023 Come … continue reading →
As has become our tradition for Yom ha Shoah, Israel and the Jewish world’s annual day of remembrance of the Holocaust (and also on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in January), we highlight some of the many monuments that name names … continue reading →
The former Great Synagogue in Kupiškis, long used as a public library, has been reopened after six years of renovation and reconstruction work that brought back its original appearance. The building was formally opened in March, at a ceremony attended by … continue reading →
