admin The First International Conference on Jewish Heritage in Portugal: Science, Culture, Knowledge will take place in Tomar, Portugal on November 18-20, 2012 Here is the call for papers: The AAST, Association of the Friends of the Synagogue of Tomar, … continue reading →
The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … continue reading →
Los Angeles native Marla Raucher Osborn has been researching her family history in Rohatyn, now in western Ukraine, for a number of years. She made her first visit there in 2008 and returned almost a dozen times in 2011 while … continue reading →
Plans for a multimillion dollar expansion of the Irish Jewish Museum were laid out at an event at the Irish Consulate in New York on May 22, hosted by the former Lord Mayor of Dublin Ben Briscoe and the Friends … continue reading →
Mazel tov! The synagogue in Plymouth, England has celebrated its 250th birthday. Founded in 1762, it is the oldest functioning Ashkenazic synagogue in the English-speaking world. Writes the London Jewish Chronicle: Its special anniversary celebrations on Sunday marked the community’s … continue reading →
