Moves are under way to return the former synagogue on the Greek island of Kos, near Rhodes, to active use as a Jewish house of worship. As part of these plans, a search is under way for an ark and bimah … continue reading →
The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ) has offered three former synagogues it owns in southeast Poland for use as hubs to aid refugees from Ukraine. The synagogue building are in the towns of Zamość, Łęczna, … continue reading →
Mazel tov to the historian, architect, and artist Natalia Romik, who has won a prestigious Dan David prize to further her work on researching and preserving the hiding places used by Jews during the Holocaust! Natalia is one of nine … continue reading →
The long-derelict Fabric Synagogue — designed by Lipot Baumhorn — and other Jewish heritage in Timisoara, Romania are on the 2022 World Monuments Watch: a list compiled by the World Monuments Fund of 25 heritage sites around the world deemed … continue reading →
Our hearts go out to Ukraine! We can’t find the words, so we post here a gallery of Jewish heritage sites, in Kyiv and elsewhere in the country, from happier times…. Jewish presence goes back centuries. Today, following the Holocaust … continue reading →
