This Saturday, October 19, is Romania’s annual Night of Open Synagogues, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee and the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania.
From 7 to 10 p.m., the synagogues in more than a dozen towns and cities around the country will open their doors to the public, offering a variety of activities.
Participating synagogues are those in Arad, Bacău, Botoşani, Brașov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Focşani, Iaşi, Oradea, Ploieşti, Rămnicu Sărat, Satu Mare, Sibiu, and Timișoara.
JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber visited around half of them this summer. Here are some pictures:
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