(JHE) — Work is under way to revamp the permanent exhibition in the synagogue in the northern Netherlands city of Groningen and also to renovate some of the building’s infrastructure, the owners of the synagogue — the Oude Groninger Kerken … continue reading →
(JHE) — There are so many webinars and online programs it’s hard to choose. But this one will be of particular interest to our readers: a three-part series on The Art and Architecture of the Synagogue presented by JHE friend … continue reading →
(JHE) — The Langside Synagogue in Glasgow has been granted official protection as a listed building following a three-week public consultation last month and “unprecedented” local and international lobbying on its behalf. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced that it has … continue reading →
(JHE) — Mazel tov! The Memorial Park project on the site of the destroyed Great Synagogue in Oświęcim, the town in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp, has received an architectural prize presented by the Małopolska … continue reading →
(JHE) — A new core exhibit has opened at the Jewish Museum in Worms, Germany, telling the history of the so-called “ShUM cities” — Speyer, Worms, and Mainz, all near each other on the Rhine river — that combined to … continue reading →
