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Romania-Ukraine: Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine share nearly €260,000 EU grant to promote cross-border Jewish heritage tourism

(JHE) — The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei (Sighet) Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism. The EU’s 2014-2020 Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Program announced in January it … continue reading →

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Update Italy/Slovenia: The twin cities of Gorizia and Nova Gorica will be European Cultural Capital in 2025. Their shared Jewish heritage plays a fundamental role. (We share the Italian Jewish perspective.)

The twin cities of Gorizia, Italy and Nova Gorica, Slovenia have jointly be named the  European Capital of Culture (ECC) for 2025, based on the unique transnational nature of the two cities, which lie next to each other on either … continue reading →

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UK Update: Civic campaign saves Margate synagogue from sale to property developers; will become a community cultural center that also highlights local Jewish history

(JHE) — A civic SOS campaign has successfully prevented a 91-year-old synagogue from being sold at auction to property developers, and the building will become a community cultural center that also highlights local Jewish history. “The Cliftonville Cultural Space CIC … continue reading →

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Germany: Citizens’ group seeks to restore the 18th century village synagogue in Mühlhausen, Bavaria, as a memorial and educational center

A citizens’ group in the village of Mühlhausen, near Erlangen in Bavaria’s Franconia region, has purchased the village’s ravaged 18th century synagogue and hopes to restore it as a memorial and educational center as well as a cultural space. Built … continue reading →

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Poland: Refurbished former synagogue in Wojsławice opens with new permanent exhibit on the township’s multicultural heritage

(JHE) — The former synagogue of Wojsławice, a township in southeastern Poland, was inaugurated in November as a cultural center, with a new permanent exhibit focusing on the township’s pre-WW2 multicultural tradition. A mezuzah was affixed to the entrance as … continue reading →

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