jhe ITV news in England has run a video report on the drive to raise funds to restore the high stone walls surrounding the historic, 18th-century Jewish cemetery in Penzance, Cornwall which we posted about on Dec. 7. Cost of … continue reading →
The Jewish cemetery in Penzance, Cornwall, has been described as “by far the finest” of the 25 Georgian Jewish cemeteries in Britain outside of London. Believed founded in the 1740s, the cemetery, which includes about 50 well preserved gravestones, … continue reading →
The neo-Gothic red-brick Ceremonial Hall at the Jewish cemetery in Gliwice, Poland will be restored and turned into a museum of Jewish history in upper Silesia. The large structure was built in 1903 and designed by the Vienna-based Jewish … continue reading →
The Association of European Jewish Museums held its annual conference November 16-20, with sessions taking place at the Jewish Museums in Munich and in Hohenems, Austria, with a side trip to Switzerland to visit the Jewish Museum of Switzerland in … continue reading →
Monika Krawczyk, CEO of the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) reports the welcome news that FODZ’s project to restore the two-synagogue complex in Krasnik, in southeast Poland near Lublin, has just received a grant of nearly $2 … continue reading →
