Shana tova!
Shava tova to all our readers! Wishing you (and everyone else, of course) a sweet, satisfying and stimulating New Year — and beyond! ShareTweetSharePin3
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New Year — Synagogues: Budapest & Sofia
We continue our High Holidays feature highlighting synagogues that were inaugurated or rededicated after renovation on or around Rosh Hashanah. Today we feature the magnificent Dohany St. Synagogue in Budapest and Great Synagogue in Sofia Bulgaria, — which were both … continue reading →
Lithuanian prime minister pledges cemetery memorialization
During a visit to Israel this week, Lithuania’s prime minister pledged that all Jewish cemeteries Lithuania would be “memorialized and marked” by 2017. “Let me reassure you that the history of Lithuanian Jews and [their] memorials are very important to … continue reading →
New Year — New (or renovated) Synagogues: Versailles
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed next week and inaugurates the Jewish High Holy Days — a month of observances that mingle prayer, reflection and repentance with celebration as we begin the new cycle of the seasons. … continue reading →
Spain: Sephardic museum/Transito synagogue restored, reopened
Monthlong restoration and cleaning work in August has been completed at the 14th century El Transito synagogue in Toledo, which houses the Sephardi Museum. The Museum reopened Friday in time for weekend events connected with the European Day of Jewish … continue reading →