A group of international philanthropists has announced a $12 million renovation plan for the Jewish Museum and three historic synagogues in Venice, to be completed in time for commemorations in 2016 marking the 500th anniversary of the creation of … continue reading →
This has been on the internet for a few years, but it’s a lovely recollection of Jewish Bukovina — the onetime easternmost Austro-Hungarian province that is now divided between Ukraine and Romania. To a Yiddish song tribute to the region, … continue reading →
A number of cemetery clean-ups and other initiatives and developments have taken place in Poland in recent weeks — and also some vandalism. We have reported on some of them, but here are notes about others. Virtual Shtetl has also … continue reading →
Conservation and repair work on the 14th century synagogue in Cordoba, Spain, was completed in September and the synagogue, one of the region’s leading tourist attractions, was reopened to visitors after having been closed to the public in June. During the … continue reading →
Two books on Jewish heritage in Romania that were originally published in hardback have now come out as E-books on the i-Books platform, available via iTunes, making them finally available to a wider public. Click the blue links to get … continue reading →
