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Italy: New Interactive Jewish Heritage Maps

Italy’s Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage has launched interactive maps of Jewish heritage sites in Italy. One map pinpoints a variety of sites and provides basic information. Another provides more detailed information on  “unmissable” sites in  and around a handful … continue reading →

Restoration under way at Lučenec, Slovakia synagogue

Thanks to a €2.3 million EU grant, the long-abandoned Lipot Baumhorn-designed synagogue in Lučenec, Slovakia is (finally) under restoration, fulfilling plans and aspirations formulated years ago. Slovak media said work began around the beginning of June — and posted a … continue reading →

Highlighting Jewish heritage in Slovakia

The Slovak Spectator runs a lengthy article highlighting the range of Jewish heritage in Slovakia. Reporter Carmen Virágová notes the Jewish Community Museum in Bratislava, as well as the Chatam Sofer tomb and the two dozen sites on the Slovak Jewish Heritage … continue reading →

Leicester UK synagogue gets grant for Jewish heritage project

  The UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of £81,700 to the Leicester synagogue (Leicester Hebrew Congregation) to develop a “Sharing Jewish Heritage” project. The Leicester Mercury reports that the grant will help fund an ongoing £1.2 million pound project … continue reading →

Prague’s Maisels synagogue reopens with new exhibit

  The historic Maisels synagogue in Prague, a key part of the Jewish Museum in Prague, reopens July 1 with a revamped permanent exhibition on Jewish history called Jews in the Bohemian Lands 10th-18th century. The building had been closed to … continue reading →