The magnificent synagogue and Jewish museum at Casale Monferrato in northern Italy will be closed for the month of August due to restoration work. The announcement on the synagogue/museum’s newly designed web site did not specify what work will … continue reading →
The English-language Lithuania Tribune runs a lengthy interview with Sergey Kanovich, one of the founders and directors of Maceva, a non-profit that organizes volunteers to document and maintain Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania. Maceva’s project co-ordinator, Rūta Anulytė, gave a presentation about … continue reading →
We would like to point out to readers this Tumblr photo blog, A Synagogue a Day — which also has a Twitter feed. It does just what it says: posts a picture of a synagogue every day — synagogues … continue reading →
Meylakh Sheykhet in L’viv writes that a scientific commission at the Ukrainian ministry of culture, at a meeting July 25, approved the boundaries of several cemeteries at Babyn Yar (Babi Yar), the ravine in Kiev where the Nazis killed … continue reading →
Each Thursday night this summer, the garden of Florence’s magnificent Moorish-style synagogue is being transformed in the Balagan Cafe — a varied program of cultural events, schmoozing, and kosher food & drink, that has been drawing hundreds of people each … continue reading →
