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Poland: Zawiercie town assumes ownership of former synagogue, plans to restore the dilapidated building as a cultural center

The municipal authorities of the town of Zawiercie, in southern Poland, have taken over for free the ownership of the seriously dilapidated former synagogue building and the land on which it stands and plan to restore the building as a … continue reading →

Bulgaria: could there finally be movement on the stalled Vidin synagogue restoration???

At the end of January, Tsvetan Tsenkov, the mayor of Vidin, Bulgaria, said in an interview with themayor.eu portal that the municipality is “clearing the last things” before moving forward in the long-stalled restoration of the city’s ruined synagogue and … continue reading →

Call for Papers: Jewish Topographies, Braunschweig, September 2020

A memorial in Warsaw that marks the border of the Warsaw Ghetto

We are pleased to share this Call for Papers for the conference: Jewish Topographies 5th International Congress on Jewish Architecture Braunschweig, Technische Universität, September 21 – 23, 2020 Organized by Bet Tfila – Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe … continue reading →