A day-long series of events this past Sunday (November 10) celebrated the 200th birthday of the elegant synagogue in Sabbioneta, near Mantova in northern Italy — a town built in the 16th century by Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga and laid out … continue reading →
We are happy to present the results of the ShUM Cities artist in residency carried out this past summer by the Hungarian visual artist Bence Illyes. The ShUM Cities project linking the important medieval Jewish heritage of the German cities … continue reading →
Artist, art historian. and Jewish heritage researcher Dr. Eugeny Kotlyar, a professor at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, was forced to flee from Kharkiv to Lviv after Russian forces bombarded the city. In 2022 he wrote a … continue reading →
The first stage of the planned full-scale renovation of the magnificent domed synagogue in Trenčín has been completed, with a permanent exhibition on local Jewish history installed in the sanctuary. The building will be used for religious as well as … continue reading →
The death of the renowned American artist Frank Stella leads us to recall the major exhibition of his work in 2016, inspired by the destroyed wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe. Stella died Saturday at his home in New York, aged … continue reading →
