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Open air Jewish museum opens in Radomsko, Poland

An open-air Jewish museum marking places of Jewish history in Radomsko, Poland opened on June 2 with a ceremony attended by the ambassadors of Israel and Germany and other VIPs. The museum, a sort of walking trail, consists of some … continue reading →

Jewish museum and visitor center opens in Szombathely, Hungary

The Jewish community in Szombathely, Hungary, has opened a small new Jewish history museum and Jewish visitors’ center. An article in the local media said that the museum, opened during the annual ceremonies marking the city’s Holocaust memorial day July 7, … continue reading →

Restored synagogue in Wielkie Oczy, Poland to open

Good news form Poland — the synagogue in Wielkie Oczy, in southeast Poland on the Ukrainian border, which had languished derelict for years in a steadily deteriorating condition — will reopen June 16 after a restoration funded by the town, … continue reading →

Amsterdam’s Zeeburg Jewish Cemetery Opens to Public

A long-abandoned 300-year-old Jewish cemetery, the largest in the Netherlands, will be open to the public one Sunday a month into November, thanks to restoration efforts by local Jewish and Moroccan young people. JTA quotes Marcel Mock, the spokesperson for the … continue reading →