A ceremony Thursday (Sept. 20) unveiled a memorial at the destroyed Jewish cemetery and officially inaugurated a new, multi-cultural heritage trail in the small town of Gostynin, in central Poland. The new memorial includes a metal cage containing fragments of … continue reading →
There’s still time to submit a proposal for a paper at a conference marking the 150th anniversary of the 1868-69 Jewish Congress in Hungary, which led to the “schism” in Hungarian Jewry into Neolog, Orthodox, and Status Quo ante communities … continue reading →
This week sees the launch of jewish-places.de — a new, interactive web portal to Jewish people, places, and history in Germany. It looks like it will be an extraordinary resource. Described as an Interactive Map About Jewish Life in Germany, … continue reading →
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, begins tonight, ushering in the High Holidays. It’s a time of renewal, so we though we would feature a video of the opening of the Choral Synagogue in Drohobych, Ukraine, which was inaugurated in … continue reading →
Restoration of the Primariei (Teleki) Street (Hinech Neorim) orthodox synagogue in Oradea, in western Romania near the border with Hungary, is nearing completion and inauguration is scheduled for October. Plans are to establish a Jewish museum there. “Works are underway … continue reading →
