jhe 
The U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has awarded $200,000 toward the restoration of the funeral hall (beit kaddishim) within the sprawling Chișinău Jewish Cemetery on Milano Street. The project, announced Tuesday, is a partnership between the U.S. and Moldovan … continue reading →
The sad story of the derelict 17th century Great Synagogue in Slonim continues… it is up for auction again after the person who bought it at the end of 2020 could not raise funds to restore it, and it was returned … continue reading →
The World War I Austro-Hungarian military cemetery in Štanjel, Slovenia is a haunting sight, noted — in our context — for its two Jewish gravestones in what is today a vast empty field. JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber first visited in 1996, … continue reading →
Ecco il sommario in italiano delle nostre notizie dal mondo dei beni culturali ebraici in Europa — Buona lettura! Bulgaria: la restaurata sinagoga di Vidin, a lungo abbandonata, apre con una cerimonia di gala come centro culturale “Jules Pascin” … continue reading →
Monday marked a day that many skeptics doubted would ever happen — after years of delays and false starts, the long-derelict synagogue in Vidin, on heights overlooking the Danube, opened after a full restoration as a multipurpose cultural center dedicated … continue reading →
