You will be able to live stream on YouTube the Sept. 4-5 international conference in Vilnius on the decades-long question of how to commemorate the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue of Vilna. Click here to access the YouTube page. … continue reading →
Sunday, September 3, marks the 18th annual European Day of Jewish Culture — entailing hundreds of events and “open doors” visits to synagogues and other Jewish sites in three dozen countries around Europe. In some countries, the “Day” stretches into … continue reading →
The tiny Jewish community in Carpentras, France has issued an appeal for contributions to help complete renovation work on its historic synagogue, which this year is celebrating its 650th birthday, making it the oldest active synagogue in France and … continue reading →
The Israeli, Lithuanian and American archaeologists who carried out excavations last month on the site of the destroyed Vilnius Great Synagogue and the surrounding Shulhoyf have released a report on their discoveries — including unearthing two tiled ritual baths (mikvehs, … continue reading →
Last year’s major exhbition at the POLIN museum in Warsaw — Frank Stella and Synagogues of Historic Poland — can now be visited online. The exhibit, which ran from February 18-June 20, 2016, presented a collection of works by … continue reading →
