Exciting news from the NGO team currently restoring the important modernist synagogue in Žilina, Slovakia that was designed by the German architect Peter Behrens — original copies of Behrens’s project for the building, thought to be definitively lost, have been found … continue reading →
Construction in Izmir has revealed remains of the city’s oldest Jewish cemetery, according to a report by the Dogan news agency carried in Hurriyet newspaper online. The report said “graves and bones” were uncovered seven meters below the surface, during … continue reading →
A former synagogue in southern Budapest’s outlying 22nd district has been restored and will be used as a local library. Built in the early 19th century, the small Baroque synagogue was home to an orthodox congregation before World War II. … continue reading →
Hagay HaCohen writes a long, information article about the Managing Jewish Built Heritage Conference in Krakow, for Polish Radio’s Hebrew language service. Click here to view the story (in Hebrew — but google translate gives pretty much of the gist) … continue reading →
Portugal’s Lusa news agency reports that Portuguese researchers have discovered hundreds of secret markings that Jews left on buildings in the town of Seia, in northern Portugal, following their forced conversion to Catholicism in the 16th century. Reporting on the … continue reading →
