Five gravestones in the historic Jewish cemetery in Hohenems, in Austria’s far-western Voralberg Region, have been vandalized, but it was apparently the work of drunken revelers attending a festival Sunday night held in a tent a few hundred meters away, … continue reading →
The summer workshops around Poland to reconstruct the intricate painted murals on the replicated ceiling of the 17th-century Gwozdziec synagogue have gotten under way! The workshops are taking place in five synagogues (active and non) around Poland: Gdansk, Sejny, … continue reading →
Los Angeles native Marla Raucher Osborn has been researching her family history in Rohatyn, now in western Ukraine, for a number of years. She made her first visit there in 2008 and returned almost a dozen times in 2011 while … continue reading →
Mazel tov! The synagogue in Plymouth, England has celebrated its 250th birthday. Founded in 1762, it is the oldest functioning Ashkenazic synagogue in the English-speaking world. Writes the London Jewish Chronicle: Its special anniversary celebrations on Sunday marked the community’s … continue reading →
The Times of London reports that the 90-year-old Golders Green United Synagogue in London has secured £1 million towards wide-ranging restoration work of the red brick, Grade II listed building. Some of the funding, reports The Times, will come from … continue reading →
