jhe Portugal’s Lusa news agency reports that Portuguese researchers have discovered hundreds of secret markings that Jews left on buildings in the town of Seia, in northern Portugal, following their forced conversion to Catholicism in the 16th century. Reporting on the … continue reading →
Several participants in last week’s working seminar in Krakow on Managing Jewish Immovable Heritage have written about the conference on web sites/blogs. Thanks to them for getting the word out! Click the links below to see what they said: The … continue reading →
JTA reports that Boris Slobodnyuk, a Ukrainian Christian who is working to save the dilapidated, 16th-century fortress synagogue in Sataniv,was honored at an interaith forum in Kiev. It said Slobodnyuk received the forum’s 2013 Crystal Noah Tolerance Award on Tuesday at … continue reading →
JTA reports that the Siberian city of Tomsk will return a century-old wooden synagogue built by Jewish soldiers to the Jewish community. The synagogue and surrounding complex will be handed over to the Jewish Community of Tomsk after the municipality finds … continue reading →
The plenary sessions of the Managing Jewish Built Heritage conference in Krakow were live-streamed, and are now archived…. Click here for the link to the opening session and the keynote speech by Samuel D. Gruber Click here for the link … continue reading →
