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 →
An exhibit opening next week in Krakow’s gothic Old Synagogue (which has housed the Jewish branch of the city’s history museum for more than 50 years) will present a three dimensional reconstruction of the old Jewish quarter, Kazimierz, as … continue reading →
The sociologist Anna Susak from the Center for Urban History in L’viv gives a richly fascinating talk on how people in L’viv regard Jewish heritage, history and culture in the city. She was speaking in Riga, Latvia, at the Second International … continue reading →
A new permanent exhibit about the Holocaust and Jews opened this week at Auschwitz. Called “Shoah” and located in the Block 27 barracks, it replaces the woefully outdated exhibit that had been installed there in 1967 — and which had … continue reading →
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 →
