In our new “Have Your Say” op-ed, by the Italian Jewish studies scholar Gadi Luzzatto Voghera, is on online! The story of a nearly 800-year-old Torah that was recently returned to the synagogue in Biella, Italy leads the Italian Jewish studies scholar Dr. Gadi … continue reading →
The synagogue in the Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Jura Mountains near the border with France, kicks off a year of celebrations for its 120th birthday with two concerts of klezmer music by the David Bursztein ensemble, March 19 and 20. Anniversary … continue reading →
Here’s a video of the (snowy) official ceremony January 22 opening the historic wooden “Green Synagogue” in Rezekne, Latvia after a €700,000 renovation process that lasted a decade. The building — as we reported earlier — will be a wooden … continue reading →
We noted earlier that the Small Synagogue in the Jewish communal complex in Wrocław, Poland would be re-opening during Hanukkah following extensive renovation — which was co-financed by the Union of Jewish Religious Communities in Poland and the Wroclaw Branch of the Union; the … continue reading →
Hanukkah events in Poland (in far-flung parts of Poland, to be sure) in the next few days bring to fruition several projects that we have reported on in the past, as they were developing. They include: — December … continue reading →
