We’re happy to report that the fund-raising campaign to finance urgent repairs to the inner cupola of the grand synagogue in Florence has more than reached its goal. The campaign raised some €35,000 from more than 80 individual or … continue reading →
We have a new Have Your Say personal essay — this one by Grażyna Pawlak, who curated the new permanent exhibition on the life and achievements of Rabbi Meir Shapiro (sometime spelled Shapira), who founded the Yeshivat Chachmei … continue reading →
The congregation of Manchester, England’s Higher Crumpsall Synagogue has ended its use of the building and left it; the one-time “cathedral synagogue” will be still be used for Jewish purposes — taken over by a fast-growing Haredi community that will … continue reading →
If you’re in the Czech Republic, you have two more weeks to see the exhibit on the grandiose synagogue in Olomouc, which was burned down by the local Fascists in March 1939 after the Nazi occupation of Bohemia … continue reading →
The Hungarian government has allocated further funding toward the restoration of the art nouveau synagogue in Subotica, Serbia, which is nearing completion. According to a decision published this week in the Official Gazette, the government has allocated an additional … continue reading →
