The synagogue in Pisa, Italy has been rededicated after being closed for eight years during a €1.3 million restoration process. A gala ceremony and day-long events June 21 marked the occasion. The ceremony was attended by Jewish and civic leaders, including … continue reading →
A new Jewish museum is opening this week in Padova (Padua), the historic town in northern Italy not far from Venice. Also this month, in a series of inaugural events, the Jewish Museum of Franconia (Jüdisches Museum Franken), in Bavaria, opened a third branch … continue reading →
A ceremony May 31 officially rededicated the historic Jews’ Gate (Old) Jewish cemetery in Gibraltar after it was cleaned and renovated. The UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis attended the ceremony, along with other dignitaries including the President of the Gibraltar … continue reading →
The historic Shaar Hashomayum Synagogue in Ponta Delgada in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago of nine islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, has been rededicated after a fullscale renovation process. As we reported earlier, it will serve as a … continue reading →
The Great Synagogue in Edirne, Turkey, has been reopened after a $2.5 million, 5-year government-funded restoration process that brought the once-ruined building back to its original glory. Only one Jew is believed to live in the town, but the … continue reading →
