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Romania Update: The restoration of the synagogue in Seini as a Jewish museum and cultural space is under way

Former synagogue in Seini, Romania. Via wikimedia Dan1967 CC BY-SA 3.0

(JHE) — The restoration of the former synagogue in Seini, in northwest Romania, is now under way. As we posted last year, the €2.4 million project will transform the long-disused building complex into a  Museum of the Jews of Transylvania, … continue reading →

New “Long(er) Reads” Spotlight: The Ukrainian Shtetl. Homecoming to Places of Strength. Photos and text from Eugeny Kotlyar’s US exhibition

Artist, art historian. and Jewish heritage researcher Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, was forced to flee from Kharkiv to Lviv after Russian forces bombarded the city. In 2022 he wrote a  … continue reading →

Poland: A new Holocaust memorial by the artist Janusz Marciniak combines land art and commemoration.

Aerial view of the new Holocaust memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Oborniki Photo: Janusz Marciniak

(JHE) — A new Holocaust memorial in Poland by the artist Janusz Marciniak is a subtle combination of land art and commemoration. Dedicated with a ceremony last week, it is located at the site of the destroyed Jewish cemetery in … continue reading →